I have a question for all you COBOL programmers.  I have run across a
problem and do not understand why I have to fix it the way I do.

Program(s) worked fine in compatability mode.  Moved to native mode and
seemed to work fine until new OS update (5.5 pp6) with a new compiler.

Have lines like this:
77 new-flag pic x(4) value spaces.
.
.
.
If new-flag > " "
     move spaces to next-flag.

I now have to change the if line to say 'if new-flag not = spaces' before it
will work the same as in compatability mode.  I have also tried 'if new-flag
> "    "' but that also does not work correct.

Can someone set me straight on why it no longer works likes it used to?

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