Re: Why all the max length constraints?

From: David Cressey <dcressey_at_verizon.net>
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 21:12:10 GMT
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"dawn" <dawnwolthuis_at_gmail.com> wrote in message news:1148933127.734019.296990_at_i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
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> David Cressey wrote:

> > COBOL is one you should be familiar with.
>
> We were once intimate, yes ;-)

Well, coyness never was COBOL's strong point. Now that I think of it, just what *was* COBOL's strong point?

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> Absolutely. Java for example.

I thought Marshall said that Java strings were limited to a few gigabytes. I that "almost unlimited"? Received on Tue May 30 2006 - 23:12:10 CEST

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