When we migrated in 2008 we chose acucobol partly because of its hp3000 compatibility, including macro support.
However had we gone down a different route I had already proved that I could pre-process the raw code myself and expand the macros before calling the compiler.
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From: Tracy Pierce [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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I did choose.
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From: Robert W.Mills [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2014 1:10 PM
To: Tracy Pierce
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But what if you HAD to choose?
> On 8 Dec 2014, at 20:41, "Tracy Pierce" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> No need to choose, you can use them both.
>
> I say use COPY bookname REPLACING ==string== BY ==newstring==
>
> I once went to pains to eliminate macro usage but I can't remember why.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Robert W.Mills
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> Subject: [HP3000-L] Question for COBOL programmers
>
> Greetings to the -L,
>
> This is a question for all you COBOL programmers out there.
>
> You have to choose between using the Macro preprocessor and the
> COPY...REPLACING & REPLACE statements.
>
> Which would you choose and why?
>
> Regards,
> Robert W.Mills
>
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