Re: LDA Question

[Rich Loeber <rich@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jon,

This was under consideration for a one-time only use prior to a software 
install using LODRUN to pre-load an RSTASP value to be used when 
creating an application library.  I'm also thinking of using an 
environment variable.

Rich

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On 11/25/2019 4:22 PM, Jon Paris wrote:
> And I'm 100% in disagreement with Brad.  LDA is the devil's spawn and should never be used.
>
> It is an archaic construct from the pre-parameter days and is basically an accident waiting to happen as has been demonstrated many times.
>
>
>
> > On Nov 25, 2019, at 4:10 PM, B Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I personally don't, but where I used to work we used it heavily for our
> > home-grown menu system.  It was the perfect fit for the job.
> >
> > I wouldn't hesitate to use it again if it fit.
> >
> >
> > Bradley V. Stone
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> > On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 3:03 PM Rich Loeber <rich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > I'm just interested to hear if anyone uses the local data area these
> > > days?  I tend to always use a named data area but I have a situation
> > > where it would be helpful to use the local data area, but I'm wondering
> > > if I would step on someone's toes in the process.
> > >
> > > Rich Loeber - @richloeber
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