Please note that:
* In COBOL, each statement ends with a period
* An asterisk is used to introduce a comment

The following identification division identifies our
payroll program:

identification division.
program-id.     payroll.
author.         Jacques Levin.
date-written.   Nov 23 1995.
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* This program is taken from M.B.khan's textbook on COBOL
* Fig 5-107 page 114.