In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 04/05/2007
   at 06:05 AM, Steve Comstock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

>For some reason, PL/I shops have tended to keep object code and they
>do a lot of re-linking 

Because it's less hassle and more efficient. But that doesn't require
extraneous recompiles.

>1. If you call your routines statically, then when you
>    change a subroutine its source must be recompiled
>    and bound; then you can do a re-bind of the caller
>    and your back together; no need to do a recompile

Which is the standard methodology.

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