On 25 Apr 2013 15:00:24 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >On 4/25/2013 3:43 PM, John Gilmore wrote: >> I had hoped that the Enterprise COBOL support for DFP that is >> apparently in the womb of time would make it into this release, but no >> . . . >> >> Still, COBOL is now a much better language than an examination of most >> of the source programs written it it would suggest. >> >> John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA >> > >Probably because the programmers haven't been trained >in the latest features and capabilities. :-)
In many cases the shop standard is to code to the COBOL 68 standard and prohibit any of the newer constructs. I exaggerate slightly but not much in some cases. I was fortunate enough never to have worked in those environments but they exist. Clark Morris ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
