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Hi,

> Don't get me wrong -- I'm all for IBM adding it.  But the concept is
> *so* useful (and relatively easy) that there simply is no reason to
> wait for IBM.  Many of us have enjoyed this capability for years.  In
> fact, in 1996 when I wrote mine, I wondered why I waited so long.

I was anticipating Hans replying with "since users can easily buy or write
their own utility to do this, it doesn't make sense for us to do it."  I
do agree with you that having your own utility to do this is a good idea.
However, it's an even better idea for IBM to finally give us this
functionality.

I have my own utility as well, though the way it approaches the task is
completely different.  Instead of writing code to describe how to build
the program in the comments, you simply compile the program normally.

Then, when you want to re-compile it later, it uses DSPPGMREF and various
APIs to discern what you did last time, and tries to do it the same way.
(Though, it's not perfect, not every attribute of the compile command is
available via APIs, but almost everything is...)


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