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Re: Entry point names.
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Walter Murray <[log in to unmask]>
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Walter Murray <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 30 Nov 1998 02:33:26 GMT
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Stan Sieler ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
[regarding alternate entry points]
: What puzzles me about this is that the functionality has been in the
: loader for over a decade...and, I thought, in COBOL.

: SPLash! has alternate entry points because we discovered that NM
: COBOL had them ... back in 1987!  Had it not been for this, we wouldn't
: have known how to generate entry points!

I think COBOL II has always supported alternate entry points for
subprograms, but never before for main programs.  You would get
ERROR 391: ENTRY STATEMENT NOT ALLOWED IN MAIN PROGRAM OR IN
DECLARATIVES SECTION.

Walter Murray

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