From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 2002:a02:76d7:: with SMTP id z206-v6mr19794354jab.14.1539729147444; Tue, 16 Oct 2018 15:32:27 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:a9d:4497:: with SMTP id v23mr418049ote.6.1539729147266; Tue, 16 Oct 2018 15:32:27 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.gegeweb.eu!gegeweb.org!usenet-fr.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!209.85.166.215.MISMATCH!z5-v6no107153ite.0!news-out.google.com!n199-v6ni135itn.0!nntp.google.com!z5-v6no107148ite.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 15:32:26 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=2607:f2c0:f200:1405:440f:d5c3:e46b:1699; posting-account=cUi90woAAADTaOISowbbHM8GUD0-opJO NNTP-Posting-Host: 2607:f2c0:f200:1405:440f:d5c3:e46b:1699 References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Least Dangerous Way to Do This ? From: patrick@spellingbeewinnars.org Injection-Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 22:32:27 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:54607 Date: 2018-10-16T15:32:26-07:00 List-Id: Thanks Randy GnuCOBOL has 2 types, procedure-pointer and pointer. I would have to dig into the generated C to tell you for sure how they differ but I think I should be safe. GnuCOBOL runs on pretty much anything that has an OS from Raspberry PIs to Z Series mainframes so I think that this is a concern that has been addressed. -Patrick