Complete CL: The Definitive Control Language Programming Guide

Why settle for just enough CL knowledge to get by when you can truly master this important language? All it takes is a little time, a little effort, and Complete CL by Ernie Malaga and Ted Holt. This updated version of the 1992 classic brings the basics of CL together with the latest innovations to this mainstay programming language. Ted Holt has added a new chapter on ILE concepts, revised the chapter on debugging to teach the interactive debugger, and included the new date conversion enhancements. In addition, all chapters now address the change from OPM to ILE orientation. When you have completed this book, you will be able to: write simple and advanced CL programs, understand the strengths and limitations of the CL language,manipulate strings with built-in functions and operators, code looping and decision structures, make CL procedures communicate with one another via messages, make CL procedures communicate with users, use data queues and data areas, underst! and and use overrides effectively, process display and database files, use APIs, use the QTEMP library effectively, understand and avoid the pitfalls of adopted authorities, understand security issues, develop a good CL coding style, convert S/36 OCL and S/38 CL to native CL, understand differences between OPM and ILE, avoid common mistakes when writing CL, use CL in both batch and interactive processing, and compile CL programs and modules and bind modules into programs.