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From: rudy@mips.COM (Rudy Wang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mips
Subject: Re: COBOL main procedures?
Message-ID: <26420@gumby.mips.COM>
Date: 28 Aug 89 21:44:39 GMT
References: <wYy6oyC00Vs8AO=0xR@andrew.cmu.edu>
Reply-To: rudy@mips.COM (Rudy Wang)
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In article <wYy6oyC00Vs8AO=0xR@andrew.cmu.edu> zs01+@andrew.cmu.edu (Zalman Stern) writes:
>I curious about why the MIPS symbol table has a "cobol_main" boolean for
>each procedure record? What property of COBOL requires this?
>
>Sincerely,
>Zalman Stern
>Internet: zs01+@andrew.cmu.edu     Usenet: I'm soooo confused...
>Information Technology Center, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890

The "nested source program" feature of the 1985 ANSI COBOL.

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