2.1 Is there any way to eliminate the "END OF PROGRAM" message when a program terminates normally?
If you explicitly run the program, as in
:run myprog.pub.myacct
then you will see "END OF PROGRAM" when the program terminates. However, if you execute the program implicitly, as in
:myprog.pub.myacct
or
:xeq myprog.pub.myacct
then you won't see "END OF PROGRAM".
Note, however, the above forms, while working in most cases, do not support alternate entry points.