Using the REXX Macro Space

You should load often-used REXX programs into the REXX Macro Space. 
Functions to do this are, for example, in the DLL RXU or in the new 
REXXUTIL DLL. (for an example usage see LoadMac.cmd, see also The 
functions to work on the macro space and REXXCC - a REXX "compiler") 

Advantages of the macro space are: 

   *  routines in the macro space are useable by all REXX programs running 
      on the machine (like routines loaded from a DLL) 

   *  routines in the macro space are already tokenized, thus the REXX 
      interpreter can execute them more quickly than external REXX 
      routines 

   *  You don't need to waste an entry in the PATH variable to implement 
      global routines 

   *  The REXX interpreter can find routines in the macro space quicker 
      than other external routines because it's not necessary to search 
      through the directories listed in the PATH variable. 
 

 Be aware that the routines in the macro space have their own variable 
 scope (like other external REXX routines). You cannot use variables from 
 within the calling program in routines that reside in the macro space.