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Re: OT: Barcode Abuse
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Dave Oksner <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 27 Apr 2004 13:59:27 -0700
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On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 04:30:22PM -0400, Greg Stigers wrote:
> Booleans, can you make a case for shop standards? Fortunately, in COBOL, you
> can have an 88 identifier with values of Y, T, and 1 for flagname-TRUE, etc.

In some cases, we've even gone so far as to not have an actual name for the
data item (it's just FILLER).  Only the 88 levels are named, so all you can
do is set or test them.  Doesn't really matter what the values are.

Dave

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