Ping: Pete Dashwood

Ref: http://primacomputing.co.nz/cobdata

sss here. i've been going thru the change and am making changes on an hourly basis: replacing opera with chrome and grabit with thunderbird. i have been informed that both steps were necessary. i am not convinced.

in "robert's original code" some pic clauses have periods following and others don't. the compiler must handle this okay.
-snip-
. 10 layout-type pic x(01)
. 88 type-binary value 'b'
. 88 type-packed value 'p'
. 10 layout-redefines-name pic x(31).
. 10 layout-redefines-stack.
. 15 layout-redefines-depth binary pic s9(02).
. 15 layout-redefines-entry occurs 10 binary pic s9(04).

. procedure division.
-end snip-

"view license"... you guessed it; chrome displays a blue box.

"Process diagram"...

when you complete this process how much 'cobol' remains? i'm trying to visualize the most complex program i've worked with (payroll; exempt, nonexempt, 5 unions, nonunion) after completing steps 1 and 3. my oldtymers keeps interfering. we had relocatables back in the day, and made use of them; so step 3 would not gain much. i never had the guts or the time to implement step 1.

you two seemed to get this done in a very short time. would this be typical?

not to nitpick; but... ever since i've had a tp monitor on my desk (at work or at home) with the capability of running a compile and having the listing available at my desk within moments i have had a dummy program available where i 'copy' the data structure i'm working with, compile, and get offset and displacement info directly from the compiler listing. worked for me.

happy spring time.

sss


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