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From: mfb@mbunix.mitre.org (Michael F Brenner)
Subject: Re: an array of records within an array of records
Date: 1998/04/15
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Date: 1998-04-15T00:00:00+00:00
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Yes, record initialization is a little long-winded, and is even
more so when you make it more readable by adding in the field names:
  
  x := (CD=> 190, title => to_20 ("White Album"), author => to_20("Beatles"));

Although it is long-winded, giving the field names can be very helpful
if you come back to the data years later and wonder what is being
filled in. 

It also helps when you are trying to pick out which of hundreds of data
files is the input file for the juke box, as opposed to the financial
program, the business process model, or the satellite location program.