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Did COBOL have an English-like "or" operator?

This answer made me wonder: Did COBOL also handle that other newbie mistake, allowing one to write if a == 'orange' or 'apple' or 'banana' instead of if a == 'orange' or a == 'apple' or a == 'banana' (or using some set membership operator if your…
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