On 25/03/2015 15:59, Alan Mead wrote:
I agree completely! And I don't think it would break any reasonable
existing SPSS code for SPSS to silently make the string length in the
combined file of the equal to the longest of the strings, which would
prevent any data loss.
-Alan
Well, existing SPSS code will not break on PSPP, but the proposed and
hoped-for superior PSPP code will definitely break on SPSS. So maybe
there should be some sort of SET STRICT compatibility option.
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