Repeated unambiguous naming of section/paragraph combinations is not allowed. The following code produces the output after it on zOS COBOL 6.4. In GNU it gets syntax errors.
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. SECTST.
DATA DIVISION.
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
77 X PIC 99.
77 Y PIC 99.
77 Z PIC 99.
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
FIRSTY SECTION.
MOVE 10 TO X.
PARA1.
MOVE 25 TO Y.
DISPLAY 'EVALUATE'
EVALUATE X
WHEN 10 DISPLAY 'TEN'
WHEN 25 DISPLAY 'TWENTYFIVE'
WHEN OTHER DISPLAY 'OTHER'
END-EVALUATE.
DISPLAY 'END-EVALUATE'.
SECOND SECTION.
PARA1.
ADD X Y GIVING Z.
PARA2.
ADD X Y GIVING Z.
FIRSTY SECTION.
PARA2.
COMPUTE X = X + 4.
PARA3.
DISPLAY "X + Y = " Z.
IF X IS EQUAL TO 14
COMPUTE X = X + 1.
PERFORM PARA1.
PERFORM PARA1 IN FIRSTY.
PERFORM PARA2.
PERFORM PARA2 IN SECOND.
DISPLAY "X " X.
DISPLAY "Z " Z.
STOP RUN.
Output:
EVALUATE
TEN
END-EVALUATE
X + Y = 35
EVALUATE
OTHER
END-EVALUATE
EVALUATE
OTHER
END-EVALUATE
X 19
Z 44