Shmuel:

That is true but the outlawing of alter goto's have been written in stone for decades. I am and always been for outlawing parts of COBOL that should not have been allowed in the first place.
Ed

On Jul 30, 2013, at 2:02 PM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote:

In <[email protected]>, on 07/30/2013
   at 09:56 AM, Steve Comstock <[email protected]> said:

Yes, that's a very critical issue to face. Most (not all) COBOL shops
I've seen are reluctant to use many of the new facilities

I can see being reluctant to use facilities that came out last year,
but some shops outlaw facilities that have been around for decades.

What's the currency cutoff in your classes?

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