Advanced Topics in PL/I - Topical Outline

Day One

Introduction
Built-in Functions
   Computer Exercise: String Handling with Buil-in Functions

Varying length strings
The PL/I compiler and its options
External Subroutines
Arguments and parameters
Dummy arguments
The Binder / Linkage Editor - Introduction
Obtaining PARM data from the EXEC statement
   Computer Exercise: Working with Subroutines

Day Two

Object Modules and Load Modules
The Binder / Linkage Editor - module maintenance
User-written Functions
Built-in Subroutines
   Computer Exercise: Maintaining a Subroutine

FETCH / RELEASE verbs
Binding / Link Editing FETCHed routines
MVS, MVS/XA, and OS/390 issues
   Computer Exercise: A Fetching Program

Condition handling
Variable Length Records
   Computer Exercise: Variable Length Records

Day Three

Storage Classes
STATIC & AUTOMATIC variables
The Stack and DSA's
CONTROLLED variables
BASED variables and POINTERs
Locate mode I/O
   Computer Exercise: Locate Mode I/O

Dynamic storage control - ALLOCATE and FREE
NULL pointers
Built-in functions for Storage Control
List Processing
   Computer Exercise: List Processing

Day Four

Area Data
   Computer Exercise: Areas, Offsets, and Sorted List Processing

The PL/I Pre-processor
   Computer Exercise: Using the Preprocessor

Day Five

Stream I/O
   Computer Exercise: Using Stream I/O

Run time options / facilities
Stack and Heap
   Computer Exercise: Tuning and Storage Control

Multi-tasking in PL/I
Inter-language Communication

Course information: E-120 / 5 Days            These Materials © Copyright 2001 by Hunter Cobb             V4.x

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