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Re: [open-cobol-list] OC issues (more)
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John R. Culleton |
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Re: [open-cobol-list] OC issues (more) |
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Tue Jan 17 16:25:03 2006 |
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On Tuesday 17 January 2006 06:55 pm, Bill Klein wrote:
> Sorry John, but this is NOT a syntax error (according to the '85 ANSI
> Standard). See (among other places), the Substantive Change on Page
> XVII-42
>
> which states,
>
> "(8) Uniaueness of reference (1 NUC). A user-defined word need not be
> unique or be capable of being made unique unless referenced."
>
> ***
So it is not a syntax error, merely a sin. We always had a way to
qualify data fields when copied in, The use of copy statements
for procedural code is a quaint actvity that I have never seen in
practice. So one more left-handed red-haired Senegalese shortstop
generates yet another exception to the exception to the
exception.
The last sensible standard was 74, and that was in some
significant ways a regression from 68. Now we have the ultimate
exercise in oxymoronity, object oriented COBOL, a clear case of
making a sow's ear from a silk purse. Fortunately no one has
completely implemented it yet.
GMH is turning over in her grave, poor dear.
--
John Culleton CDP
(Certified Dumbass Programmer)
- Re: [open-cobol-list] OC issues - number 5, (continued)
- Re: [open-cobol-list] OC issues - number 5, Jose Vilmar Estacio de Souza, 2006/01/18
- [open-cobol-list] OC issues - number 6, Sergey Kashyrin, 2006/01/18
- Re: [open-cobol-list] OC issues - number 6, Alain Lucari, 2006/01/18
- RE: [open-cobol-list] OC issues - number 6, Bill Klein, 2006/01/18
- Re: [open-cobol-list] OC issues - number 6, Sergey Kashyrin, 2006/01/18
- [open-cobol-list] OC issues - number 7, Sergey Kashyrin, 2006/01/18
- Re: [open-cobol-list] OC issues - number 7, John R. Culleton, 2006/01/18
RE: [open-cobol-list] OC issues (more), Bill Klein, 2006/01/17
Re: [open-cobol-list] OC issues (more), John R. Culleton, 2006/01/17
Re: [open-cobol-list] OC issues (more), Alain Lucari, 2006/01/18
Re: [open-cobol-list] OC issues (more), Alain Lucari, 2006/01/18