Re: interesting use of NEXT SENTENCE vs. CONTINUE

>The "Standard" also disallows GoBack

As far as I can tell the standard never mentions GOBACK (until '02 when
it allows it).

> NEXT SENTENCE (with END-IF)

Is _explicitly_ disallowed.

Perhaps you cannot tell the difference between between never mentioning
something and specifying it is not to be used.

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