On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 23:22:34 +0900, David Crayford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>For several reasons. Firstly, because your typical dynamically loaded >COBOL or HLASM program is monolithic with one entry point and a >parameter list. If you have lots of entry points you have to load and >delete lots of modules. I have seen some nice tricks with vector tables >at fixed offsets used in assembler programs though. Trouble is, I've seen cases where a program depends on a .dll and fail when the .dll gets updated. I don't have enough familiarity to know whether the programmer assumed something he shouldn't or whether the .dll documentation wasn't clear - but the programs failed anyway (I almost said "abended", but I am thinking of two different PC operating systems). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
