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by SanjayMehta 1070 days ago
Before jumping in with both feet, please check out the ALTER statement. GOTO on steroids and more.
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lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 1069 days ago
> The ALTER statement changes the transfer point specified in a GO TO statement.

What could go wrong?

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xeonmc 1069 days ago
Finalizing in COBOL:

    I am altering the data. Pray I do not alter it further.
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SanjayMehta 1069 days ago
T-Shirt material which a vanishingly small number of victims will understand.
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dr_kiszonka 1069 days ago
Fair critique. That's why INTERCAL was so much better.
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