You are mistaken.
everyone needs the "END"
what happens is that in "COBOL"
you can close an instruction with a period
for example
IF variabe = 10
do stufff .
or
evaluate variable
when "HI"
do STUFF .
it is a specific property of cobol to be able to end any sentence with a period
but it is not the idea since it tends to cause programming errors
for example you can pass the following error
FINE:
IF variable = 100
DISPLAY "HELLO WORD"
DISPLAY "MERRY CRISMAS"
END-IF
NOT FINE:
IF variable = 100
DISPLAY "HELLO WORD" .
DISPLAY "MERRY CRISMAS"
in the first example display only work when variable = 100
IF NOT the result is empty
and the second example if variable not = 100
the result display is "MERRY CRISMAS" because the "." close sentence before
thats display
it is a common mistake
because old programmers are used to using "." at the end of each sentence
thing that is not necessary
the best way is always using END-XXX in all structure
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