RE: CODE/400

Dean,

One of the reasons people goto CASE tools like Synon is that hey don't want
to be saddled with 3GL code, we CAN do it faster in Synon! The fact that I
can't use the coolest 3GL editors is rather irrelevant if I don't want to
play with the 3GL code in the first place, no?

-Walden

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mcsnet!midrange.com!midrange-l-owner@Mcs.Net
> [mailto:mcsnet!midrange.com!midrange-l-owner@Mcs.Net]On Behalf Of
> DAsmussen
> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 1998 7:17 PM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: CODE/400
>
<snip?
>
> If you are fortunate enough to work at a shop that works with major
packages,
> you are (in part) saddled with:
>
> A.  AS/Set CASE tool -- SSA's BPCS.
> B.  Synon CASE tool -- MAPICS and others.
> C.  WorldVision CASE tool -- JD Edwards.
>
> I'm sure that there are others (couldn't remember the package that
specified
> Lansa's CASE tool).  In these instances you _CANNOT_ use an editor other
than
> the one provided by the CASE tool.  Also, there is no (desirable) way to
> "reverse-engineer" your tool-generated code into CODE/400, unless you plan
on
> never taking another vendor-supplied upgrade.
>
<snip>

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