Implemented long variable names a la spss V12.

[pspp-builds.git] / doc / language.texi

diff --git a/doc/language.texi b/doc/language.texi
index 6a5a19e69ce9d063a195d3c88cf08e0150b87f0d..810037100bba6fbfe347d1968a5c19c1922eca13 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/language.texi
+++ b/doc/language.texi
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ one of the following special characters:
 @item
 @cindex variable names
 @cindex names, variable
-Variable names may be any length, but only the first 8 characters are
-significant.
+Variable names may be up any length up to 64 bytes long.
+
 
 @item
 @cindex case-sensitivity