R. Horner (in response to a question from Joe Howell):

> There is, look at "SYNC74" or at least with something with 74 in it.
> If you place this in the $control statement, it will apply the cobol74
> rules on the record sizes.

Well, actually the $CONTROL option is "DIFF74=<option>" - and it flags
the potential problems.  You can either have obsolete (=OBS) or
incompatible (=INC) features flagged.  This is useful for flagging
incompatabilities - but, IMHO, should not be used to bypass the features
of the language.

Glenn
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