From: d83@ath.forthnet.gr (Don Schullian)
Subject: Re: Large App in PDS -- Convert to PowerBASIC?
 
On Wed, 15 Apr 1998 10:46:03 -0500, Tom Hansen  wrote:
 
Hi,
 
Sounds like a big one...
>One key feature of PDS BASIC which we extensively use is the
>"runtime" feature.  We have a large set of "common" routines
>(such as a generic database engine which utilizes Btrieve)
>which are called by all the EXE's.  The "runtime" feature allows
>us to have all those routines (nearly 300K of them, compiled) in just
>one EXE.  This "runtime" gets loaded into memory automatically when
>one of our programs is loaded.
 
If your total code is only 300k then the whole thing COULD be stuffed into 
ne
..EXE (or maybe 2 at most) which would reduce the need to CHAIN around and
would also, in all likelihood, reduce the overall size of the code.
 
C'ya,
 
 
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