I could see a 4gl writing out this kind of code, or a menu system. When you use indirect calling, the name of the subroutine can contain odd characters that wouldn't normally be allowed--though on some platforms you can also quote the call, e.g.: CALL "my-sub**"(parms)
On Dec 3, 2012, at 7:38 PM, Wjhonson <[email protected]> wrote: > I've not encountered this is my career previously, but now I'm seeing a > system written almost entirely with the use of indirect calls in Universe > BASIC. > > That is > SOURCE = "*SOME.PROGRAM" > ... > CALL @SOURCE(INPUTS) > > Is there some advantage to the use of indirect calls that a system would be > written entirely in this fashion? > > > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
