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> From: James Rich
>
> > the lack of bidirectional program parameters.
>
> Huh???  This has always existed.  Not identical to OS/400, but the ability
> is certainly there.

Not bidirectionally.


> *entry plists type passing is also there.  Again, not identical in
> implementation but the same thing functionally.  The command line consists
> of :
>
> command <parm1> <parm2> ...
>
> The parmN are passed to the command.  That is what the argc and argv
> parameters are in every C main() function.  Rudimentary syntax checking is
> done by using getopt() which also neatly parses the arguments for you.

<smile> I've written one or two C programs in my time, James.  I understand
the concept of the main() methods and the argc/argv parameters.  The issue
is bidirectionality - you can't modify those parameters and return values to
the calling program.  This makes emulating a typical OS/400 application a
bit tricky.

Joe



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