Re: Native Conversion to AS/400

Richard,

In a message dated 98-09-01 11:04:49 EDT, you write:

> It's been a while since I evaluated any of these packages.

Me too (thank Heavens)!

>  I guess I shouldn't have been so confident in my "none of them
>  externalize your input specs" comments.

If I remember correctly, only Quantum did and they weren't a major player.
I'm not surprised you hadn't heard of them.  Quantum could even convert
#GSORTs that weren't ADDROUT into OPNQRYF statements!  Back when there was
enough money in /36 conversions to justify the license fees, we used to use
Quantum, ESX ProStart, _and_ 36 migration tools to analyze our clients'
systems.  Each had their own strengths and weaknesses, although I don't recall
which had which other than Quantum's externalization abilities.  At least one
of these would convert O specs for file I/O into UPDATE and WRITE statements,
but the results were "iffy" at best.  I don't recall _any_ of them creating
printer files, but it _has_ been a while.

<<snip>>

>  Some of the most fun I've had in this industry (and by the industry I
>  do mean the bizness :) is writing utilities.  If I only had more time
>  to do more of that stuff.

Me too!  I'd never want to be a full-time systems programmer, but writing a
little utility now and then to make my life easier and break the monotony of
applications programming is a kick in the pants -- couldn't be easier than on
the AS/400, 
either ;-)!

Regards,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

"Too many people expect wonders from democracy, when the most wonderful thing
of all is just having it." -- Walter Winchell
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