[Info-vax] Programming languages on VMS

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/31/2018 2:53 PM, seasoned_geek wrote:
> With COBOL SORT you can even sort on values which do not natively exist on the input file.
> 
> http://www.howtobuildsoftware.com/index.php/how-do/c17O/cobol-cobol-release-statement
> 
> Probably a better link
> 
> https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.icet100/meth2.htm

If I read the Cobol example correctly then it is not sorting on values
not in the records but are applying filters to input and output, which
are a somewhat different operation.

Arne