Aren't there capability differences between GT:Basic & GT:Basic Plus that might
account for mapping differences? It
also could be that the workarounds were grandfathered in due to limitations of earlier
releases of GT:Basic. And I
was working on GT:Basic for DOS which was an older product than the equivalent MVS
version.
>>I have found very very very few cases where I had to use a non
>>Gentran process to get around a limitation
I can't recall ever being at a site where some workarounds weren't required or
desirable regardless of the translator.
Recently, I've been working with a "state-of-the-art" object oriented translator
product that costs a small fortune
that can't convert more than a single character in an object per pass. Thus, an
external program is desirable to
convert possible delimiters to something harmless like a space in the outbound flow.
Fortunately, their next release
will have multiple conversions in a single pass capability.
Jim Divoky
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Stanley Pool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 12:19 PM
Subject: Re: GENTRAN:Basic MVS vs. GENTRAN:Server Unix
> Jim,
>
> I have used Gentran:basic, Gentran Unix and Gentran NT. Gentran:basic is no more
>limited in it's mapping than
Gentran Unix or Gentran NT. I have found very very very few cases where I had to use
a non Gentran process to get
around a limitation of the Gentran:basic mapper. I have also found just as many cases
where I had to used not Gentran
process to get around the limitations of Gentran Unix and Gentran NT.
>
> Just one mapper's (with 18 years of mapping) opinion.
>
> Stanley Pool
> Spool Consulting L.L.C.
> 214-632-5815
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