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From: John Reagan <johnrreagan@earthlink.net>
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Subject: Re: Fun trick
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 21:08:11 -0500
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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].