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   Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOlivei to All   
   Re: And so? (VMS/XDE)   
   12 Nov 25 03:48:27   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 11 Nov 2025 19:57:54 -0500, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
      
   > Cobol does dynamic string handling just fine.   
      
   Try using it to construct an ad-hoc SQL query based on a set of fields   
   that a user might or might not fill in (i.e. omitting the ones left   
   blank), and you’ll see what I mean.   
      
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