Sorting, yes indeed, conditional insertion is then the point; and when the sort is not a utility but an internal one it can be designed to work with UPT and its warts/characteristics/limitations.
The usefulness of UPT for search operations is more problematic, but even for them something useful may be possible: I am not satisfied that I have exhausted its possibilities. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
