Okay, all; I'm awake now.
 
     My client is on MPE/iX 5.0, and I noticed a job containing
 
        !RUN SUPRTOOL.PUB.ROBELLE
        [suprtool cmds]
        exit
 
        !SHOWTIME
 
     The thing is, this job does NOT abort. What's more, the $STDLIST shows
 
        END OF PROGRAM
        :SHOWTIME
 
     Thus, the blank line is "eaten"! Further experimentation shows that
 
        1. The lines don't have to be blank. After a :RUN, *anything*
           left over is eaten until the next MPE cmd (leading colon).
 
        2. This behaviour can be duplicated under MPE/iX 4.0.
 
     I assume that this is a new feature, and I just plain missed the
     announcement.
 
     --Glenn Cole
       Software al dente, Inc.
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