RON HORNER ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: I think that one example of why programmers can't always fix the record
: layout is in custom job submission programs.  Depending on how the jcl
: file is created, sometimes the record size is 80 bytes.  In other times
: the record size in a jcl file is 72.

If I understand Ron's example, I think this is another situation
where I would recommend describing the file as RECORD VARYING
rather than resorting to COBOL 74 behavior.

Walter Murray
Hewlett-Packard
Support Technology Lab