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All the data that has been input to the programs we have considered so far has been lost when the programs finish executing. Lists and tables, for example, would have to be re-entered again and again each time they were required to be processed. This can be avoided by storing information permanently in files.
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© 1983 R. Hutty
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Hutty, R. (1983). Files. In: Mastering COBOL Programming. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-17254-2_9
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