Re: Stop Run vs GoBack


"Roger While" <simrw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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When is a "module" a "main" program?

FDIS ISO/IEC 1989:2002, page 386, 14.5.2.1.1 Active state,
"An instance of a program is placed in an active state when
it is successfully activated by the operating system ...."

It might appear that a compiled program definition
(runtime module) when placed in an active state by the
operating system is a "main" program. However, the
concept "main" as it applies to POSIX-type environments
is not universal and the COBOL programming language,
having not been designed specifically for such environments,
simply does not, as far as I can tell, address that concept.



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