Re: COBOL ain't quite dead - yet !

I have seen

PERFORM AAA THRU AAA-EXIT.

AAA SECTION.
AAA-PARAGRAPH.
....
AAA-EXIT.
EXIT.


I hate that, but apparently it works. When I maintain this,
sometimes I will replace the EXIT. with CONTINUE, when I add debugging
statements.

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