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Is the record‑key ordering preserved in sequential‑access files when COBOL 85 fixed‑format code is compiled with a modern COBOL 2002 free‑format compiler?

The objective is to determine whether modern COBOL runtimes maintain the original record‑key ordering for sequential‑access files when a program written in COBOL 85 fixed‑format syntax is compiled with a COBOL 2002 free‑format compiler. Constraints include using at least two compiler implementations from different vendors, accounting for alignment options th

record-layoutversion-compatibilitycobolKavi Finch0 rep · 25 Oct 2022, 01:08 UTC