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November 19, 2009
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Compiler Directives
By Bob Cozzi

A few years ago, I wrote about the conditional compiler directives introduced in RPG IV. IBM added these non-executable statements to RPG IV to let programmers selectively control /COPY and now /INCLUDE members--avoiding the possibility of redundantly including the same prototype. What I'm finding is that most shops using this capability are, in fact, using it in two different ways: one conventional, one very much RPG II-like in nature. *Read more now...


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