Linkage section define variable

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Linkage section define variable

Postby arya_starc » Sun Aug 14, 2016 5:38 pm

What is the difference between variables which are define in linkage section and which are defines in the working-storage variables?

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Re: Linkage section define variable

Postby Robert Sample » Sun Aug 14, 2016 6:32 pm

Memory for linkage section variables comes from the CALLING program while memory for working storage variables comes from the CALLED program.


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