Re: MAIN and LR

[Alan Campin <alan0307d@xxxxxxxxx>]

The MAIN says do not bind the RPG cycle. You could not use an IP with
a Main program because it does not have an RPG cycle. IF is under your
control and is valid in a MAIN program.

The MAIN keyword is just acknowledging a reality that has been true
for 20 years. 99.9% of the programs that we write do not use the cycle
so why add the overhead to a program to run it when we don't use it.

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 5:40 AM,  <newnancy@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> What does the MAIN op code do or mean? Is the file IP, input primary?
> When a file is IF, then it does not have much effect on the cycle.
>
>
> Thank you,
> Nancy
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