Reusable Components

With ILE, you can select packages of routines that can be blended into your own programs. Routines written in any ILE language can be used by all ILE compiler users. The fact that programmers can write in the language of their choice ensures that you have the widest possible selection of routines.

The same mechanisms that IBM and other vendors use to deliver these packages to you are available for you to use in your own applications. Your installation can develop its own set of standard routines, and do so in any language it chooses.

Not only can you use off-the-shelf routines in your own applications. You can also develop routines in the ILE language of your choice and market them to users of any ILE language.