Re: COBOL ain't quite dead - yet !



"Howard Brazee" <howard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:24:12 +1300, "Pete Dashwood"
<dashwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

That's why you don't mix SECTIONs and Paragraph PERFORMS.

PERFORM AAA

...is less verbose than PERFORM AAA-PARAGRAPH THRU AAA-EXIT.

The less cluttered program code, is the easier it is to maintain. (In the
old days, the fact that it compiled quicker was a consideration too, but
that hardly applies any more...)

My objection was most strongly against:

PERFORM AAA THRU AAA-EXIT.
where AAA is a section name and AAA-EXIT a paragraph name.


I can honestly say I have never seen that (Thank Goodness!!!).

I echo your disapproval... :-)

Pete.
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"I used to write COBOL...now I can do anything."


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