Literal may be numeric or nonnumeric. It may be any figurative constant, except ALL literal. If literal is numeric, it must be an unsigned integer.
When you specify STOP literal, the literal is communicated to the system operator, for batch jobs, and to the workstation, for interactive jobs. Program execution is suspended. The program resumes only after operator intervention.
STOP literal is an obsolete element and is to be deleted from the next revision of the ANSI Standard.
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