From: fswarbrick@gmail.com   
      
   Louis Krupp wrote:   
   >    
   >> [The A < B < C syntax has been part of Cobol for many decades.  It seems   
   >> to work fine there. -John]   
   >   
   > Are you sure that's in COBOL?  It doesn't sound familiar, and I don't   
   > have a COBOL manual handy.   
   >   
   > Louis   
   > [Actually, it's in verbose Cobolese:   
   >   
   >  IF B IS GREATER THAN A AND LESS THAN C ...   
   >   
   > or   
   >   
   >  IF B > A AND < C ...   
   >   
   > -John]   
      
   Interesting.  I've been a Cobol programmer for twelve years and I've   
   never seen this type of coding, much less used it.  I just tried it,   
   though, and it does indeed work.   
      
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