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Optimizing File Sorting
Optimizing File Sorting
Optimize your input and output procedures for file sorting, as they are executed once for each record that is being sorted.
Inefficient input and output procedures can make the sort process appear to be very slow.
Parent topic:
Optimizing COBOL Syntax
Related reference
The File Control Entry
The I-O-Control Paragraph
The SORT Statement
