On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 13:03:36 -0600, Alan Yeo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> In article <[log in to unmask]>, Michael Baier
><[log in to unmask]> writes
>>In that case, the compiler would at least report the error.
>>In my case, we have to work thru "strange behavior".
>>Same with COMP-Fields KSAM-FILEs or FLAT-Files.
>>
>>Alot of trial and error.
>>HP-Management incl the famous Winston, had no idea how good MPE and HP-
>>Cobol was.
>>
>>Michael
>>
>>
>
>Not trying to rub salt into wounds, but for those of you who haven't
>selected your New COBOL yet, ACUCOBOL supports virtually all the HP
>COBOL extensions, and their VISION file system is almost identical to
>KSAM. So much so that we find we don't normally have to change anything
>in the COBOL file handling to switch from KSAM to VISION. However I'm
>not sure if duplicate keys are supported in the current release or are
>due soon. No doubt someone will correct me if I'm wrong.
>
>Alan
>--
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>

Alan,

I was even a Beta-tester for Acucobol. But when the tome of decision was
there, it had too many bugs. So decision was made for MF-Cobol.

Michael

Don't ask me, what names I use for Winston and Carly when testing. ;-)

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