RE: Performance of ODBC vs. other access methods

In PHP the key can be either numeric or associative. RPG does not have

this feature because it requires more CPU than marketing is willing to sell.

True RPG doesn't have it as a single operation - although one could ague
that compile time and run time arrays provide similar load capability.  RPG
doesn't have dynamically sizable arrays and that can be useful and will
probably come at some point.  

RPG requires that you specifically use a lookup operation against a key
array to obtain the element number, that is then used for subsequent access.
This admittedly requires a little more code.  However, to relate the lack of
such features to horsepower is sheer bull excrement.  There is very little
horsepower required to run associative arrays.  

But I know this is a waste of breath - you'll simply change the argument as
usual.

Jon Paris
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