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COBOL

identification division.
program-id. altering.
procedure division.
main section.
*> And now for some altering.
contrived.
ALTER story TO PROCEED TO beginning
GO TO story
.
*> Jump to a part of the story
story.
GO.
.
*> the first part
beginning.
ALTER story TO PROCEED to middle
DISPLAY "This is the start of a changing story"
GO TO story
.
*> the middle bit
middle.
ALTER story TO PROCEED to ending
DISPLAY "The story progresses"
GO TO story
.
*> the climatic finish
ending.
DISPLAY "The story ends, happily ever after"
.
*> fall through to the exit
exit program.