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sha

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 4:56 pm
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Can you guys explain the advantages of NESTED programs over Subroutines....
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mcmillan

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 5:28 pm
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Dear Sha,

Nested Programs have the following adv:

Reduce overhead of compiling all subroutines separately

Advantage of using global data items

Advantage of INITIAL and COMMON Programs

Easy maintainability and readability

Hope this will help you,
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