Tony Furnivall <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
 
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>  1. MF COBOL does not produce code which can be placed in an XL. This
>     means that calls to any other HP language are not supported. In
>     terms of preserving our investment, the only investment which is
>     preserved is the one in MF COBOL, everything else seems to get
>     blown away!
>  2. MF COBOL does not 'know about' or 'understand' KSAM data structures.
>     However, this is OK, because there is a utility to convert our
>     KSAM data to C-ISAM like structures with which MF COBOL is familiar.
>     (Seems to me that if they pull the rug out from under our existing
>     compilers, it's only natural to make all of our KSAM data unavailable
>     to existing programs too :-< )
 
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I hope you're kidding, Tony.
 
 -- Evan