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From: mitchalsup@aol.com (MitchAlsup1)
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Subject: Re: ALTER, ASSIGN and labels-as-values
Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 00:02:06 +0000
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Stephen Fuld wrote:

> John Savard wrote:

>> The fact that an ALTER GOTO statement can change where a GOTO
>> statement branches - without any indication within the GOTO statement
>> itself that it may have other destinatiions than the primary one -


> But that is not quite true.  The GOTO that is to altered must be the
> only statement in a paragraph.  Since this construction has no other
> obvious purpose, its presence gives a clue that it might have been
> altered.


>> means that this statement is an obvious method of inserting
>> malicious code into the source code of a program.

> And note that the paragraph that is the target of the altered GOTO
> statement must be within the same program, so any code so executed must
> be readily available for inspection.


>> And indeed, given that COBOL is typically used for programs handling
>> financial transactions, I have no doubt that it was so used.


> Do you have any evidence of this?

>> 
>> I find this to be an example of incredibly irresponsible language
>> design.


> Was it irresponsible in Fortran?

What appears irresponsible in 2024, with 5GHz CPUs and TBs of main
memory internet connected and used not for computing but for
leisure, is not what would look irresponsible with 5Khz CPUs with
64KB of main memory and no outside communications.