[geeks] EDI, COBOL and fixed fields...

[Shannon Hendrix]

On Feb 1, 2008, at 11:02 PM, Jonathan Katz wrote:

> On Feb 1, 2008, at 10:48 PM, Shannon Hendrix wrote:
>> You may be right.
>>
>> Think of the difference between reading an XML record and reading a
>> traditional fixed-field EDI file.
>
>
> Wow...

[ snip ]

Wow, an example of a variable field file given for some reason...

VSAM !== flat fixed EDI

But VSAM is better than XML for a lot of things.

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Shannon Hendrix
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