> -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Från: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] För Thompson, Steve > Skickat: den 7 november 2007 16:43 > Till: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Ämne: Re: COBOL COPY statement w REPLACING... > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Thomas Berg > Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 4:09 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: COBOL COPY statement w REPLACING... > > ..just for my obscene curiosity: > > What IDIOT designed the COBOL COPY REPLACING statement ?? > <SNIP> > > The committee that was attempting to provide macro type processing for > COBOL. Or perhaps you would like to call it quasi-dynamic COPY Member > updating specific to the program currently being compiled. > > Regards, > Steve Thompson > > Ps. No, I didn't say I used it. But I've seen it used and well, I'd > rather do macro preprocessing (a la CICS).
I would have expected the level of functionality offered by the REPLACING option of something made by a first-year programmer... (We had until some Years ago a preprocessor that made replacing of strings in copys VERY trivial.) Thomas _____________________________________________________________ Thomas Berg Specialist IT Utveckling Swedbank AB (Publ) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
