August 10, 2017 11:18 AM
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Subject: Re: COBOL STOP RUN enhancement
On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 12:13 PM, Frank Swarbrick <
frank.swarbr...@outlook.com> wrote:
> This would not be an extension. It is part of the COBOL 2002 and COBOL
> 2014 ISO standards. It'
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Subject: Re: COBOL STOP RUN enhancement
On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 12:13 PM, Frank Swarbrick <
frank.swarbr...@outlook.com> wrote:
> This would not be an extension. It is part of the COBOL 2002 and
> COBOL
> 2014 ISO standards. It's up the the implement
On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 12:13 PM, Frank Swarbrick <
frank.swarbr...@outlook.com> wrote:
> This would not be an extension. It is part of the COBOL 2002 and COBOL
> 2014 ISO standards. It's up the the implementer to define the behavior. I
> am suggesting the behavior.
>
​Hum, is there a place on
;)
Frank
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Subject: Re: COBOL STOP RUN enhancement
On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 6:43 PM, Frank Swarbrick wrote:
> I am curious to hear opinions on something. The
On Thu, 10 Aug 2017 07:04:02 -0500, John Mckown
(john.archie.mck...@gmail.com) wrote about "Re: COBOL STOP RUN
enhancement" (in
):
> On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 6:43 PM, Frank Swarbrick > wrote:
[snip]
>> Anyway it seems to me that an "official" COBOL method of doing
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Subject: COBOL STOP RUN enhancement
I am curious to hear opinions on something. The current COBOL standard has an
enhancement to the STOP RUN statement. There are two new options, t
On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 6:43 PM, Frank Swarbrick wrote:
> I am curious to hear opinions on something. The current COBOL standard
> has an enhancement to the STOP RUN statement. There are two new options,
> the ERROR phrase and the NORMAL phrase. My first thought is that the
> NORMAL phrase coul
I am curious to hear opinions on something. The current COBOL standard has an
enhancement to the STOP RUN statement. There are two new options, the ERROR
phrase and the NORMAL phrase. My first thought is that the NORMAL phrase could
replace the RETURN-CODE special register, which is a non-sta
