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Date:	Sun, 15 Nov 1998 17:27:37 PDT
From:	Steven Levine <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Programming: Q. Rexx stem variables as parameters?

In <364F6B6E.1FC3@peterskye.com>, on 11/15/98
at 04:02 PM, Peter Skye said:

>In poking around through _other_ people's code over the past couple of
>hours, it appears that the most common method of passing a stem variable
>to a procedure (and returning it with modifications) is to use a global
>expose list, such as:

This works fine as long as everyone agrees on the global names. It is
faster than interpret, but that's down in the mud if the called routine is
not inside an inner loop.

>Don't think too hard! By using one stack, you don't have to worry
>about how to pass the stem variable's name back and forth.

Duh. You can't. That's why it's not procedure.

Steven

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