The keyword instruction SIGNAL

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There's a bug (or a feature) in the keyword instruction SIGNAL. Just try the following code: 

 
/* show a bug in the SIGNAL instruction */
/*                                      */
  signal value "xyz"
  return

XYZ:
  say "Hello from XYZ"

Source: CompuServe-Message by Charles Daney [Quercus Systems, (see Internet - Web Pages)]