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Record Operations

• Assignment
  • Pascal, Ada, and C++ allow it if the types are identical
  • In Ada, the RHS can be an aggregate

• Initialization
  • Allowed in Ada, using an aggregate

• Comparison
  • In Ada, = and /=; one operand can be an aggregate

• MOVE CORRESPONDING
  • In COBOL--it moves all fields in the source record to fields with the same names in the destination record