Quote #520 > Yea, Fond Memories. COBOL-B Ran In 8K, No PERFORM Verb, Only First 3 > Characters Of Datanames Were Significant.

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> Yea, fond memories. COBOL-B ran in 8K, no PERFORM verb, only first 3
> characters of datanames were significant. That was when ALTER statement was
> valuable.

'Fond memories' of times when ALTER was 'valuable'? As Aeschylus said,
'Great hardships make for later entertainments'.

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