Re: Why QLBLSRC -- COBOL400-L

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Subject: Re: Why QLBLSRC
From: Bob <bob_larkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:57:28 -0500
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Besides CBL being taken with an 80 byte field length, probably a mash up of ILE and CBL, or possibly it leans Long COBOL.
But probably a type that stuck.

Mauro, John wrote:

Does anyone know why IBM chose to name the file for COBOL source

QLBLSRC ? RPG is QRPGSRC, Cl is QCLSRC.

I alo know that there is a QCBLSRC file also for COBOL , but still why
QLBLSRC too?

Thanks,

John

John M. Mauro

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Accuro Healthcare Solutions

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