You'd find that the overhead is MUCH less. Remember, you now have the overhead of interpreted Rexx code, every time though the loop. A Pipeline interprets its specification once, then runs the data though it. As the amount of data increases, the "overhead" becomes less and less..
On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 2:51 PM, Wakser, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It would seem to me that that you are correct in that Pipes would make > the code a lot nicer - but I would assume the overhead has to be > greater. So what is it buying in this instance? > > I'll look at the EXECIO and see what I can find. > > David Wakser > -- Bruce Hayden Linux on System z Advanced Technical Support IBM, Endicott, NY
