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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Confusing language,
 was Re: Help help.. please.i am totaly new in ada programing
Date: 1999/11/09
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In article <wcc1z9zk5ov.fsf@world.std.com>,
  Robert A Duff <bobduff@world.std.com> wrote:
> After all, I can encode 256 years in one 8-bit byte.

Not in portable COBOL you can't!

> So please explain
> how encoding a mere 100 years in two bytes saves memory!

It does in a typical COBOL environment enforcing portable
code requirements.

Furthermore, good style would dictate against such attempts
at packing in a COBOL program, even if you did decide to
tolerate the non-portability that would result from such an
encoding.


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