OK ALL YOU COBOL GURUS, PLEASE REFRESH MY MEMORY.
 
.....WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
 
01  NEXT-YRSEM        PIC 9(3).
 
....down in PROCEDURE DIVISION......
 
IF NEXT-YRSEM = "Y"
   .................
 
 
This is a definite bug in the particular system.   How come the Native Mode
compiler did not throw this out as an ILLEGAL COMPARE or similar?
 
We are on 5.0.
 
Thanks
 
Tim Hoefner
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