RE: What are the benefits of ILE?

["Brian Parkins" <PARKIB@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Consider also some of the other (albeit minor) benefits of subprocedures,
(especially when packaged in a *SRVPGM):

- far fewer objects to manage: one *SRVPGM containing several subprocedures
might otherwise equate to many *PGM objects
- more parameter-passing capabilities, (read-only reference, by value,
etc.)
- subprocedures can be called recursively

Subprocedures complement traditional *PGM calls - not replace them.
Consider using subprocedures in those circumstances where you would
otherwise resort to subroutines.  Instead of proliferating the subroutine
code with /COPY use *SRVPGM to provide as a single, shared repository for
subprocedure code.

Hope this helps.

Brian Parkins

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