I agree; and, as I think I have mentioned here, there are indications that IBM COBOL may one day support Cowlishaw's DFP.
About support for the bit strings and the like that are in the new COBOL standard I am less hopeful; but I have, of course, no 'inside' information about what is planned. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
