[comp.sys.mips] COBOL main procedures?

zs01+@andrew.cmu.edu (Zalman Stern) (08/28/89)

I curious about why the MIPS symbol table has a "cobol_main" boolean for
each procedure record? What property of COBOL requires this?

Sincerely,
Zalman Stern
Internet: zs01+@andrew.cmu.edu     Usenet: I'm soooo confused...
Information Technology Center, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890

rudy@mips.COM (Rudy Wang) (08/29/89)

In article <wYy6oyC00Vs8AO=0xR@andrew.cmu.edu> zs01+@andrew.cmu.edu (Zalman Stern) writes:
>I curious about why the MIPS symbol table has a "cobol_main" boolean for
>each procedure record? What property of COBOL requires this?
>
>Sincerely,
>Zalman Stern
>Internet: zs01+@andrew.cmu.edu     Usenet: I'm soooo confused...
>Information Technology Center, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890

The "nested source program" feature of the 1985 ANSI COBOL.

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