On Tue, 2014-02-25 at 14:16 -0600, John McKown wrote:
> It is possible to test, set, reset, and shift bits in COBOL by using the LE
> subroutines:
> http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/CEEA31B0/2.3

Yes, but these are S-L-O-W.  If you're doing much bit manipulation (and
I'm specifically thinking of a SMF30 analyzer I did once that called
CEESITST lots of times) then you might well be better off rolling your
own.

-- 
David Andrews
A. Duda & Sons, Inc.
[email protected]

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