Re: MAIN and LR

[newnancy@xxxxxxxx]

Even when I used IF or input full procedural, it was still followed a
program cycle to a degree. You had to end the program yourself. 


Thank you,
Nancy 
On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:21:51 -0600 Alan Campin <alan0307d@xxxxxxxxx>
writes:
> 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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