Re: [open-cobol-list] Which formatting convention to use?

[Duke Normandin]

On Fri, 7 Aug 2009, John Culleton wrote:

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> > BTW, I still have not found an explanation of how the free format
> > differs from the fixed. Is it only Col 1-6 that is done away
> > with?
> Column 7 which is used for special signals is merged somehow with
> column 1. Haven't quite figured out those rules yet. Columns 73-80
> have been eliminated even in the TRAD format. Back in the day we
> used to put the change date of updated statements out there.
> Handy.
>
> Now you can use upper case, lower case, or even a mixture.

To re-cap the free format:

Sequential Line # are not used
Col 1 is now used for * - /
Area A is still necessary - but now begins in Col 2
Area B is still necessary - but now begins in Col 6

Is that correct?
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duke