Re: newbie question on cobol syntax

On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:20:50 -0600, LX-i <lxi0007@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

It does. That is, the Cobol standard does avoid such tricks and
specifies that the above does not comply. It is only some vendors that
allow such tricks.

I was thinking that it was forbidden per the standard. I guess I
haven't been out of the scene for that long... :)

Which is why in my first message of the thread mentioning this
possibility, I said:

Some compilers will allow
.

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