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Swifty

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Apr 15, 2001
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What verb causes the cursor to sit still until a user types something?

What verb puts a message onto the screen while your program is running?
 
ACCEPT verb waits for a user input.
DISPLAY writes output to the screen.
 
Here's a bit of trivia for you. Under the next standard - COBOL has no VERBS! We have graduated to "statements".
 
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