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  3. July 2002

RE: Subfiles in COBOL

> From: Leif Svalgaard
>
> yet, unlike C et al., in COBOL (in the procedure division) you hardly
> ever *have* to use the period (only at paragraph end), so simply don't
> use the period (and when you have to at the end of the paragraph,
> put the period on a line by itself), and spare yourself a heap of trouble.

I'll remember that when I'm writing my own COBOL programs.  Unfortunately, I
convert other people's code, over which I have no control.  That makes it a
little more interesting <grin>.

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