>Rhetorical questions: Why not, then, allow the programmer, through a control >statement or symbol qualifier, to choose among those three alternatives?
As I already said (and you snipped). Stop b*tching on IBM-Main and open a requirement with IBM (with a justification). - Too busy driving to stop for gas! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html