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Old 04-20-2018, 02:34 PM   #296
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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward View Post
Load and source are separate in the mainframe world. it's a compiled world, not interactive.
Load and source are separate in the non-compiled world.

The difference between mainframes and what I think Peter is referring to is the use of libraries. Most code is not monolithic, and the code the programmer writes will link against external libraries to get functions not in the programmer's code. But the code the programmer writes often expects to link against a specific version of an external library. If that's not present in the default library location, chaos ensues. (The joys of needing to set the LOAD_LIBRARY_PATH variable in the environment of a Linux program to get it to link agianst the proper version and successfully run... )

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The load was restored. But the now <bad> source was still in the source lib, as a "land mine" for the next person who changed the program. . .
See my earlier question about what repository was used. This shouldn't be an issue. If it is, there are other problems.
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