From: gazelle@shell.xmission.com   
      
   In article <2534364e-c495-467f-90e8-d3dcf2f0c50cn@googlegroups.com>,   
   Harry Potter   wrote:   
   >In DOS or Win9X/ME, you have to write a label at the end of the batch file   
   >and, if you want to exit immediately, goto there.   
      
   Correct.  But not much relevant nowadays.  Does anyone still use (or need   
   to program compatibly for) those platforms?   
      
   Note: I'm all for retro-computing - I still run XP - but even that is 20   
   years old now.   
      
   >BTW, AFAIK, you don't have to type   
   >the preceding colon in a goto statement.   
      
   Correct.  Either way works.  Some people like to see the : there anyway.   
      
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