Re: Activation Groups and Modular Programming

Ahh, the best explanation of AGs I've heard.  Very good.

Regards,

Jim Langston

Simon Coulter wrote:

> M
> Hello Frank,
>
> You wrote:
> >I have come to a tentative conclusion that AGs are a way to isolate or
> >rather insulate a program from other programs within a job.
> >One can then invoke a function and be reasonably sure that it will
> >not affect or be affected by other programs within the job.
> >A parrallel concept is local variables, where one can name a
> >variable what one will and be sure that it will not affect other
> >variables nor be affected by other variables provided that is local.
> >In short AGs facilitate modular programming.
> >John and Martin am I close to the mark or wildely off.
>
> That conclusion is exactly right.  Activation groups can be thought of as
> walls to isolate one set of components in a job from another set in the same
> job.
>
> Regards,
> Simon Coulter.
>
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