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   Robin Vowels to All   
   Re: Keywords and Reserved Words   
   10 Mar 22 10:00:22   
   
   From: "gah4"    
   Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2022 7:31 PM   
      
   > Also, to make it easier for programmers, some space is still optional in   
   > free-form Fortran, for old and new keywords.  For example, both GO TO   
   > and GOTO are allowed, I suspect with separate entries into the parsing   
   > tables. PL/I also has both GO TO and GOTO statements.   
      
   GO and GOTO are keywords in both FORTRAN and PL/I,   
   and they are not reserved.   
      
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