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+$ vim helloworld
+
+IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
+PROGRAM-ID. HELLO-WORLD.
+* simple hello world program
+PROCEDURE DIVISION.
+    DISPLAY 'Hello world!'.
+    STOP RUN.