Re[2]: Cobol redefine in SQL

From: Jonathan Gennick <jonathan_at_gennick.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 18:29:25 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005D7EBA.20031126182925@fatcity.com>

Wednesday, November 26, 2003, 7:44:25 PM, Jared Still (jkstill_at_cybcon.com) wrote: JS> Oh, so *that's* what a cobol redefine is.

JS> How incredibly ugly. Must have been someone's JS> crutch for poor (or no) design.

No, no, no. REDEFINE is very powerful. It's part of the COBOL magic.

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