Along the COBOl line is ABAP, the 4gl language from SAP. If today = 'Mon'. message 'oh boy'. elseif today = 'Wed'. message 'Hump day'. elseif today = 'Fri'. message 'TGIF'. else. message 'get to work'. endif.
The period is the statement teminator. Indentation and separte lines are just to make it readable. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list