Compiling matters if you do it lots of time. Just a few - as in some situational apps - and it won't matter much.
Cheers, Martin Martin Packer, zChampion, Principal Systems Investigator, Worldwide Banking Center of Excellence, IBM +44-7802-245-584 email: martin_pac...@uk.ibm.com Twitter / Facebook IDs: MartinPacker Blog: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/MartinPacker From: "Ze'ev Atlas" <zatl...@yahoo.com> To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu, Date: 07/08/2013 05:22 PM Subject: Re: Announcing PCRE 8.33 for native z/OS Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu> >CALL *(REXXPCRE) 'PCRE VARTOPARSE MATCH.' I would go with that one any time, but you will need a persistent LE environment (i.e. use PIPI) if you do not want to compile the PCRE expression every time you call it, etc. etc. I researched the thing for a while before I gave up because my knowledge is lacking in that area. BTW, for maintainability, C is prteferred ZA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN