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Joel Cochran wrote: > > On Tue, 2004-04-13 at 16:28, Joep Beckeringh wrote: > > The downside of such a scheme is that all service programs are loaded with > > the > > initial program. That is fine if you are sure they will all be used, but it > > could be overkill for subprograms that are only called once in a while. > > > > Joep Beckeringh > > Actually, as I understand it, they aren't loaded until a procedure from > within the service program is called. If that is the case, then this > isn't a valid concern. > My understanding is that the service programs are all loaded when the program is first called. There will also be some initialization done when a procedure within a module is called, for example opening files for RPG modules. Look at the "Service Program Activation" section of "ILE Concepts": http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/c415606606.htm#HDRILESRVH In that section, there's a link back to "Program Activation" where it says that activation includes allocation and initialization of static storage.
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