1. A method for selecting statements to inline in a COBOL program, the method comprising: creating, by a perform identifier, a PERFORM Graph (PG); determining, by the perform identifier, whether the PG is a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG); responsive to determining the PG is not a DAG, identifying, by the perform identifier, a maximum sub-graph DAG corresponding to the PG; computing, by the perform identifier, one or more infeasible paths associated with a Control Flow Graph (CFG), wherein the one or more infeasible paths are induced by PERFORM range calls associated with a plurality of edges corresponding to the PG or the maximum sub-graph DAG; ordering, by the perform identifier, the plurality of edges corresponding to the PG or the maximum sub-graph DAG in a list; selecting, by the perform identifier, one or more edges based on traversing the list of the plurality of edges; and generating, by the perform identifier, an indicator of the one or more selected edges.