Re: Pointers? Based variables? in CL?

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tom, I don't understand your concern about V5R4. What in the article 
bothers you if it "comes true"? I mean, the stuff is here now.

One thing NOT mentioned that is even more important, IMO, is the ability to 
call something using parameters BY VALUE. IOW, we can now call things like 
the access() function and have it work right.

Just curious.
Vern

At 08:32 PM 4/21/2005, you wrote:
> Intriguing article at:
>
> http://www.iseriesnetwork.com/iSNblogs/iSpeak/archives/2005/04/pointers_in_cl.html
> or
> http://makeashorterlink.com/?W20F15FEA
>
> As much as I love the idea for myself, it makes me wonder if anyone out 
> there has production systems that should not have this capability. Keeping 
> HLL compilers off of systems can help reduce some risks; not many, but some.
>
> It also makes me curious about where IBM is headed. ILE CL with this 
> ability, combined with UIM, SQL and various APIs, technically can do 
> pretty much everything. If _Rwrite can send its return value back to a CL 
> pointer variable for example, what's missing? And _Ropen can open display 
> and printer files.
>
> Why provide such an advancement if...
>
> Oh, wait a minute... V5R4... quite a few physical systems out there are 
> obsoleted by V5R4, aren't they? Come to think of it, mine will be.
>
> Naaah.... that couldn't be a reason. So, why such a huge capability leap 
> if the article proves true?
>
> Tom Liotta
>
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