records in IBM JCL https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/zosbasics/com.ibm.zos.zconcepts/zconcepts_159.htm RECORD in COBOL RECORD in PL/I https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSY2V3_4.3.0/com.ibm.entpli.doc_4.3/lr/stru.htm Pascal ... packed C/C++ Java LISP lists -- property lists Python JavaScript Record -- reference vs value model packed attributes **************** gnu C __attribute__ ((deprecated)) https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Function-Attributes.html https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Common-Function-Attributes.html#Common-Function-Attributes C++ (standard in C++11) https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/cpp/attributes?view=vs-2017 https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/attributes HTML ****************