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James, I just wanted to comment on this statement you made: -------------- 2. Even if you're opening and closing files explicitly, there's no provision within the language (at least in traditional RPG) to open files whose names are not known at compile-time. I can't think of another language that doesn't allow you to wait until runtime to specify data file names. -------------- This is not true. 1) You can define the file as internally described and then point to any file at runtime. 2) You can use SQL to get some runtime flexibility. But, if you want certain assumptions and type checking done at compile time, you will need to provide some sort of way for the compiler to retrieve that info. -mark -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .
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