RE: LDA Question

[Roger Harman <roger.harman@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Cards might be useful in propping up a wobbly table...

I really can't choose my favorite between "Devil's Spawn" and "Hollerith cards".  

For modern development the LDA is best long forgotten.  Sadly, Our ERP uses it extensively - ugh!

Roger Harman
COMMON Certified Application Developer - ILE RPG on IBM i on Power






-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Pluta
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2019 7:50 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: LDA Question

You got something against Hollerith cards? :)

On 11/25/2019 4:58 PM, Scott Klement wrote:
> A great tool PROVIDED that you are still using Hollerith cards on a 
> system with very little memory and you are working at a museum of old 
> computer technology.
>
> Otherwise don't use the LDA.
>
>
> On 11/25/2019 3:02 PM, Rich Loeber wrote:
> > I'm just interested to hear if anyone uses the local data area these 
> > days? I tend to always use a named data area but I have a situation 
> > where it would be helpful to use the local data area, but I'm 
> > wondering if I would step on someone's toes in the process.
> >
> > Rich Loeber - @richloeber
> > Kisco Information Systems
> > http://www.kisco.com