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I admit, I have not used but 3 translators in my career. GENTRAN/VSE,
GENTRAN/MVS and GENTRAN/AS400.
In each of those translators, trailing spaces are eliminated regardless of
the source or minimum length. So that even if you try to force them in with
mapping, they will be stripped out. On an AN 10/10 element, the 10th
position needs to be a non-space alphanumeric character.
I understand other translators work differently. Those versions of GENTRAN
use a table driven map so that you don't have to compile a program for each
map. It's all driven off the mapping tables. I've heard other translators
require a program be compiled from the map for each different document and
version.
My knowledge base is a bit different from current technology.
Other comments.
I find it poetic justice that CA has purchased Sterling. Of course this
isn't to the customers advantage at all. Development will slow to a crawl
and the products will be turned into cash cows, and the price of support
will sky rocket.
It's almost prophetic that any company that proclaims "We will never sell
out to CA" eventually gets bought out by CA. I worked for Goal systems, when
Legent bought Goal out as a white knight, to keep CA from getting it. A year
later CA got it all. CA got Platinum Software also.
When Sterling was at the top of the heap, they rubbed it in everyone's nose.
I guess now CA is rubbing Sterling's nose in it.
Sarcasm and sour grapes fully intended.
Dennis Robinson
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