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Re: CPYF question

I ran into this a few years ago, and I agree - it's not intuitive, and
I believed then as now that it was a bug.

The problem is that it's 'working as designed' since back in the 38
days, and to 'fix' it now would break working code.

Rick

On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 09:52:34 -0400, Dan Bale <dbale@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I see that Simon already answered, but I have another question or two, plus
> a rant to throw in.
> 
> I, too, was surprised at your initial results. *EQ is equal, not "like".  I
> don't really care what the CPYF help says; it is not intuitive.  We do not
> see this type of behavior (that you saw in CPYF) in RPG, nor in CL, nor in
> SQL.  (If I'm wrong, man I better buy a one-way ticket to Tahiti.)

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