format of *DATE

 >> By having different options in different libraries, you could do a
complete mass compile with different options by simply changing an entry in
your library list.  Not sure whether I can use this, but it sure could come
in handy when needed.

I wouldn't use it if I were you Joe.  Barbara may have mentioned it - I
didn't see the original message - but it only _looks_ useful.  The minute
you have a program that needs to add a single entry to the H spec to do
something different, the data area is ignored - the compiler will not even
look for it.  Since you can achieve exactly the same things by including a
/COPY StdHSpec in each program and allow the library list to dictate which
one gets used, I tend to view the data area approach as an accident waiting
to happen.

Jon Paris
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