Re: Newbie question on table design.

From: Frank Hamersley <terabitemightbe_at_bigpond.com>
Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 12:10:44 GMT
Message-ID: <8jk_h.33197$M.16927_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au>

David Cressey wrote:
> "-CELKO-" <jcelko212_at_earthlink.net> wrote in message

>>
>> They are not called libraries; they are called "copy books" because
>> that is exactly what they are -- text for cut and paste.

>
> I beg your pardon, but they *were* called "libraries" in TOPS-10/20 COBOL
> circles. And they functioned like libraries.

In CDC land we called 'em "Copy Decks" cos they were (originally) 80 column punched card decks.
I never thought of them as libraries per se as they were not object code - they were functional though :-)

Cheers Frank. Received on Thu May 03 2007 - 14:10:44 CEST

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