Cobol - Re: ALTER design (Was: Code problems with Perform Thru Exit causes fall through)

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Re: ALTER design (Was: Code problems with Perform Thru Exit causes fall through)

Howard Brazee

2007-08-01, 6:55 pm

On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:18:05 -0700, Richard <riplin@Azonic.co.nz>
wrote:

>Similarly with GOTO. If GOTOs do not exist in a program then we can
>with greater confidence examine small parts of a program without
>needing to understand all of it. If gotos are only tolerated within a
>defined area (such as within each section) then it is only necessary
>to examine that to understand enough about the small part in question.

We've got to trust that the toleration rules work. My trust in a
compiler and my trust in a standard are at different levels, for
instance.

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