RE: R:gnubol: Record delimiter clause and parse order

["William M. Klein" <wmklein@ix.netcom.com>]

This statement about LINE SEQUENTIAL being a Micro Focus only invention is
simply not true.  It is (was) part of the full X/Open COBOL specification -
and any X/Open conforming COBOL does support it. (There were actually some
X/Open branding tests - for COBOL).  Along with Line Sequential,  I remember
some (but not all) of the other extensions to the ANSI/ISO Standard that were
included (and, hence, are very common in UNIX COBOLs),

  - COMP-5
  - "Enhanced" ACCEPT/DISPLAY (screen section)
  - file-sharing/record-locking
  - concatenation expressions (using the ampersand)
  - "initial" national (PIC N) support

I think that you will find that EVERY COBOL compiler (including IBM,
AcuCOBOL, RM, Fujitsu, CA-Realia, *and* Micro Focus) that runs in either a PC
or UNIX environment supports line sequential files in addition to the
Standard record sequential file format.

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:owner-gnu-cobol@wallace.lusars.net]On Behalf Of Matthew Vanecek
> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 8:50 PM
> To: gnu-cobol@lusars.net
> Subject: Re: R:gnubol: Record delimiter clause and parse order
>
>
> "William M. Klein" wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone on this list know if the Unix System Services (USS)
> on OS/390 do
> > or do not have "line sequential" type files?  I know that they are (as
> > indicated below) "unknown" in traditional IBM MVS, CMS, and VSE
> environments.
> >
>
> LINE SEQUENTIAL is a strictly MicroFocus invention--it does not exist
> outside of MidroFocus--except where some compilers advertise support for
> "Microfocus' 'LINE SEQENTIAL'" and other extensions.  I've never seen it
> used on the mainframe, and I think most 'old-timers' would laugh at the
> idea.   I'm sure USS will probably be likewise (unless, does MF run on
> OS/390 under USS? <shrug>)
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