There should not be any statements after ``++EXIT PROGRAM++``. Such statements cannot be reached, and are therefore dead code. Dead code makes a program more complex and therefore more difficult to maintain.


== Noncompliant Code Example

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  PROCEDURE DIVISION.
    PARAGRAPH1.
      MOVE A TO B.
      EXIT PROGRAM.   >NOK as the following "MOVE B TO C" statement will never be called
      MOVE B TO C.
----


== Compliant Solution

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  PROCEDURE DIVISION.
    PARAGRAPH1.
      MOVE A TO B.
      EXIT PROGRAM.
----



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