Cobol - Re: Is it always possible to write a COBOL program using only 1 sentence per paragrap

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Re: Is it always possible to write a COBOL program using only 1 sentence per paragrap

Pete Dashwood

2005-07-24, 8:17 pm

"Howard Brazee" <howard@brazee.net> wrote in message
news:dbj90t$7u8$1@peabody.colorado.edu...
>
> On 19-Jul-2005, "Pete Dashwood" <dashwood@enternet.co.nz> wrote:
>
>
> I remember getting a huge efficiency gain by putting a highly iterated
> piece of
> code at the front of the program (right after a GOTO which went to the
> start of
> logic). That was so the label would be found quickly. Admittedly,
> not
> much would be saved with a routine that is called rarely enough that it
> could be
> duplicated - but searching through the code for labels was slow.
> Compilers
> get rid of that problem.
>
OK, thanks for that.

Pete.

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