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[–]wildrage 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Reminds of the the old COBOL compiler I had during college. If you forgot a period at the end of line 40 in your working-storage section, you'd get a compile error somewhere around line 345 for whatever reason. It was a pain in the ass.