On Fri, 13 Mar 2020 14:32:09 -0000 (UTC)
Martin Gregorie  wrote:

> Full-stops mean stuff to a COBOL compiler!

 The largest output per bad byte of source I've ever seen came from
a COBOL compiler absorbing the consequences of a missing full stop (IIRC
after the word DIVISION). It got very confused and went on about it at great
length.

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