What's the order of file names to the compiler?

Modified on Sun, 21 Feb, 2021 at 7:45 PM

In COBOL, the order of files provided to the compiler matters. Compiling the files

a.cob b.cob

produces a different program than

b.cob a.cob

Because of this, Kattis sorts COBOL files by filename before compiling them. Please keep this in mind when submitting multiple files.

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