On Feb 9, 2011, at 07:22, Walt Farrell wrote:
>
> See the TSO/E REXX Reference and look closely at the example
> showing how to use SIGNAL to implement a multi-way call.
>
> It shows setting up a dynamic label, then CALLing a subroutine which issues
> a SIGNAL that derives the label name to invoke, with an eventual RETURN that
> gets you back to the CALL statement.
>
This fails to address the "get out of Dodge" need where the
programmer wishes to:

o exit a nest of procedures,

o or merely to bypass some code which normally follows
  the CALL.  Of course if that code were moved inside the
  procedure it could be bypassed simply by RETURN.

-- gil

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