On 16 Mar 2009 12:06:42 -0700, [email protected] (Bill Klein)
wrote:

>I may be missing something, but if you know at compile-time (when you can
>set an environment variable) that you want the "output" to go to SYSOUT, why
>are you using "files" (with OPEN, WRITE, etc) and not just doing a DISPLAY
>statement?  Either that or call CEEMSG.
>
>I think those are "more normal" ways in COBOL to send output to SYSOUT.

They may be "more normal", but are they better in any way?    

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