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On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 3:33 PM, Francis Lapeyre <flapeyre@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Subprocedures have their place.

And so do subroutines. I have used both where they make sense. But to
suggest that all RPG programs everywhere have subprocedures instead of
subroutines is arbitrary and capricious thinking. Change merely for
change's
sake is never a good idea.


no other languages have them. they are a legacy artifact. In this the dawn
of the age of i5/OS on superfast, marketpriced Power systems I dont think
subroutines should be used. I agree it is not necessary to change existing
code.

-Steve

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