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   John Reagan to All   
   Re: Fun trick   
   13 Jan 25 21:08:11   
   
   From: johnrreagan@earthlink.net   
      
   On 1/8/2025 4:38 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
   > On 1/8/2025 3:42 PM, John Reagan wrote:   
   >> And the compiler also supports the Extended Pascal TO BEGIN DO and TO   
   >> END DO statements.  TO BEGIN DO is just the same as [INITIALIZE] but   
   >> allows any statement.  TO END DO is an exit handler (registered with   
   >> an initialization routine).   
   >   
   > The compiler tell me that those two are only valid in modules   
   > not in programs.   
   >   
   > They are probably most useful for modules, but why not allow   
   > them for programs?   
   >   
   > Arne   
   >   
   Good question.  Extended Pascal says only MODULEs so we just didn't   
   think about allowing them in PROGRAMs even though we allow [INITIALIZE].   
      
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