RE: Benefits of Sub-procedures

["Peter Connell" <Peter.Connell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I love it when you do that Barbara.

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[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Barbara Morris
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 7:51 AM
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Subject: Re: Benefits of Sub-procedures


Joel Cochran wrote:
> 
> And to add to the fine points already listed, using procedures verifies
> your program calls at compile time rather than run time.  An easy way to
> prevent parameter mismatches.

Joel, that's a benefit of prototypes, not of procedures.  You can make a
prototyped call to a program.

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