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  3. August 2002

Re: Call by reference

From: jim essinger <esinger@fmtc.com>
> The answer is - it depends.  IF you are using ILE COBOL (RPG does not have
> external sharing of files and data structures) and IF they are both called
> from the same job, and IF they are in the same activation group, then
> anything that ProgramB changes, ProgramA will see.
>

and then why not simply pass it as a normal parameter
and avoid all these ifs, buts, and maybes?

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