Ken Hirsch ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: Also, speaking of IFs, if you want to take a block of code in COBOL and put
: it--indented, of course--inside an IF block, you have to delete any periods.
: This is a good enough reason for me to leave off the periods all the time.

Right.  The only period should be after the end of "CONTINUE" at the end
of each paragraph.
If you need a separator you can use a ";" and make the compiler sweat a
little.