> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Peter Hunkeler > Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2017 11:58 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: COBOL5 and ceedump > > > >> And as for the "standard way" to cheat the Cobol table restriction > >> (I'm no > > > -- > Peter Hunkeler > >> Cobol programmer, sorry): Cheating is cheating. Shudder.... But it > >> explains at least why IBM agreed to change the code. Thanks. > >> > > > >Not cheating, accomplishing a business need despite the compiler > limitations. > > > <important statement> > No offence intended > </important statement> > > > You're right, it is not cheeting, it's worse. It's relying on undocumented > behaviour.
The documentation was thin in 1980 :) But, I remember the size of the needed data structures driving me to use this technique frequently. > > > -- > Peter Hunkeler > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
