Re: [FWP] COBOL as Perl

[Chaim Frenkel <chaimf@pobox.com>]

>>>>> "BJ" == Bill Jones <bill@fccj.org> writes:

BJ> The COBOL 'advantage' I remember most is that
BJ> you created a record layout which matched the
BJ> expected data.

I think it's spelled pack() in perl.

BJ> PS - Is there a perl way to 'limit' string size?

BJ> PIC XX-XXX-XXXX.

I don't remember this as legal in cobol. 

<chaim>
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