SL> I think I've asked this before, but I forgot :)
SL> What is the purpose of the (Input, Output) on the end of the 'Program
SL> xxx' line? I have never used it myself and all my programs seem to work
SL> fine.
DT> It's a relic from past versions of TP. You don't need it in your
DT> program, in fact, you don't even need a 'program' statement at all.
In TP/BP, that's true, but I've always felt that the Program
statement provides a nice bit of useful documentation that's otherwise
missing in programs which merely start with "Uses". The name of the
program can be a valuable piece of information, IMHO...
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