How early Microdata. I have one client with November 1975 written source code and it's the traditional OPEN FILE1 TO F.FILE1 ELSE PRINT ELONGATED VERBOSE ERRORMESSAGE OPEN FILE2 TO F.FILE2 ELSE PRINT ELONGATED VERBOSE ERRORMESSAGE for their core programs, opening dozens of files.
Thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Glenfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 10:29 PM Subject: Re: [U2] Multiple OPEN statements > Probably a left over. Way back in early Microdata. You could only open > one file at a time. There was no TO clause. You had the file opened. > If you wanted to access another file, you had to close the current one > and open the next. > > Kevin used Dartmouth as his base, so think pre-Micro$oft. > > Roger > Mark Johnson wrote: > > >Is this CLOSE thing a new thing. Haven't seen or heard of it in a quarter of > >a century. I know it's in MS Basic(s). > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Don Kibbey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> > >Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 7:22 AM > >Subject: Re: [U2] Multiple OPEN statements > > > > > > > > > >>That programmer was probably squaked at for not closing a file or two. > >> Then he/she found a way to insure that would be caught next time by > >>the compiler. > >>------- > >>u2-users mailing list > >>u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > >>To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > >> > >> > >------- > >u2-users mailing list > >u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > >To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
