Re: RDS vs. I4GL (was: How to read Flat files from 4gl)

In article <bpayneD9K14s.23L@netcom.com> bpayne@netcom.com "Bob Payne" writes: <snip> > The two major differences between runner-interpreted 4gl code (r4gl) and > executable 4gl code (i4gl, c4gl) is: > 1) r4gl will initialize all variables for you (global, module *and* local > scope). i4gl, cg4l will initalize only global and module scope > variables. It will *not* initalize local scope variables. Therefore > it is up to the programmer to initialize them him/herself. i4gl MAY initialize all variables depending on what the C compiller on the platform does - the old ICL DRS400 machines initialised them all, the ICL DRS6000 doesn't much to our chagrin! -- ============================================================================ Sally Woolrich | This mail contains my personal sally@excelsis.demon.co.uk | views not those of my employer! ============================================================================