in reply to weird subroutine behavior

I get identical results from your code regardless of whether I comment out one or the other sets/sections?:

c:\test>junk9 ## Both sets uncommented SALMWN DE EGENNHSEN TON DE EGENNHSEN TON IESSAI EK THS RAXAB DE EGENNHSEN TON EK THS ROUQ --------- IOUDAS DE EGENNHSEN TON FARES KAI TON ZARA EK THS QAMAR FARES DE EGENN +HSEN TON ESRWM ESRWM DE EGENNHSEN TON ARAM c:\test>junk9 ## Set one/section one +commented --------- IOUDAS DE EGENNHSEN TON FARES KAI TON ZARA EK THS QAMAR FARES DE EGENN +HSEN TON ESRWM ESRWM DE EGENNHSEN TON ARAM c:\test>junk9 ## Set two/section two +commented SALMWN DE EGENNHSEN TON DE EGENNHSEN TON IESSAI EK THS RAXAB DE EGENNHSEN TON EK THS ROUQ ---------

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