Swarbrick
Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2012 4:08 PM
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Subject: Re: Is this valid COBOL syntax?
Oh! I did not realize that you were the vendor! Well then have fun! :-)
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Oh! I did not realize that you were the vendor! Well then have fun! :-)
From: Charles Mills charl...@mcn.org
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Sent: Saturday, August 4, 2012 6:59 PM
Subject: Re: Is this valid COBOL syntax?
The vendor is fixing
Correct.
Where will you go from here?
Frank
From: Charles Mills charl...@mcn.org
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Sent: Friday, August 3, 2012 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: Is this valid COBOL syntax?
Frank (and also now John M.) -
You've got it. When John M. said his
11:12 AM
Subject: Re: Is this valid COBOL syntax?
Frank (and also now John M.) -
You've got it. When John M. said his compiler was generating an error I
started running some experiments. It took about twenty experiments, but here
is the answer.
The following program compiles cleanly (except
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[mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Charles Mills
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 10:41 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Is this valid COBOL syntax?
Is anyone a COBOL syntax expert? Is the following valid?
(It's not a trick
*'
00023 '* VARIOUS COMMENT-LIKE TEXT *'
Charles
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Behalf Of McKown, John
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 8:53 AM
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Subject: Re: Is this valid COBOL syntax
Charles Mills wrote:
Is anyone a COBOL syntax expert?
I'm only a programmer who occassionally write COBOL programs and giving advice
in case of more serious compiling problems.
So, I'm NOT an expert. Trust me on this one! ;-)
The code is accepted without error by the IBM Enterprise COBOL
and The
MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM
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[mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Charles Mills
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 11:03 AM
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Subject: Re: Is this valid COBOL syntax?
Hmmm
From: McKown, John john.mck...@healthmarkets.com
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Sent: Friday, August 3, 2012 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: Is this valid COBOL syntax?
Ah! It is part of the DATE-COMPILED. paragraph! . Let me test ... . It does
compile! Why? Let's look at the LRM.
http
On 3 Aug 2012 10:09:02 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote:
Ah! It is part of the DATE-COMPILED. paragraph! . Let me test ... . It does
compile! Why? Let's look at the LRM.
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/igy3lr50/3.1.6
quote
The comment-entry in any of the
In 1344012753.76726.yahoomail...@web122103.mail.ne1.yahoo.com, on
08/03/2012
at 09:52 AM, Frank Swarbrick frank.swarbr...@yahoo.com said:
The program was written in pre-COBOL II (COBOL 85) syntax.
At that time the REMARKS paragraph valid (I'm guessing as an IBM
extension),
No.
and
!.
From: Charles Mills charl...@mcn.org
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Sent: Friday, August 3, 2012 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: Is this valid COBOL syntax?
No, Lizette, I'm sorry, perhaps usually questions of this sort can be looked
up easily but if this particular question is so darned
can retroactively go back to the documentation and say ah
hah!.
From: Charles Mills charl...@mcn.org
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Sent: Friday, August 3, 2012 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: Is this valid COBOL syntax?
No, Lizette, I'm sorry, perhaps usually
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