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RE: RE: COBOL vs. Perlby Ovid (Cardinal) |
on Jun 14, 2000 at 21:34 UTC ( [id://18146]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Ordinarily, yes. Unfortunately, the format of the input file depended heavily on the computer-illeterate users, so I had to do validation on the input and spit out error messages as appropriate.
The Moral of This Little Tale: Trust your users, not their input! Update: I was going to correct my little spelling error, but I realized others might appreciate the irony of my mispelling "illiterate."
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