https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=120787

--- Comment #3 from James K. Lowden <jklowden at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
This takes me back.  According to the MF documentation, EXHIBIT appeared around
the time of Comet Kohoutek.  

"These features are extensions to ANS X3.23-1974 that appear in IBM OS/VS
COBOL."

Exciting times.  

We will add Exhibit in all its oddball glory.  I don't see how it can be done
except in the parser.  There is no way for a user to DISPLAY the name of a
variable under program control (although the awk idea is interesting).  The
CHANGED option requires runtime support.  And EXHIBIT, unlike DISPLAY, places a
space between its arguments. 

If CHANGED is not important, we can emit a not-implemented warning and always
print, changed or not.

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