Re: Opinions on approach, please...



<docdwarf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:g1c5mk$s88$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In article <bnvi34t7b26e2c9bp49ub9aieor2o65qj8@xxxxxxx>,
Robert <no@xxxxxx> wrote:

[snip]

Conversion is a ONE TIME process, which allows manual modification.

Mr Wagner, our experiences are *very* different... what I have seen is 'if
it is done once, it will be done eternally' (eg, this week's 'ad hoc'
jobstream for 'Show me the counts for the Altoona Division that caused
(situation)' become next week's Prod-scheduled run for 'Show all
Divisions that have counts which will cause (situation).').

DD

Yep. Happens all the time.

However, Robert is right that conversion is a one time process. Once it's
converted, you don't go back and reconvert it. What does happen is that you
may want to spread the conversion effort, so the "one time" process gets
spread out as an "ongoing" process. I don't recommend this, as it just
creates pain. Conversion should be as fast as possible so it is not
complicated by pending maintenance to existing applications. Using tools to
aid conversion is intended to speed up the conversion. Unfortunately, it
can't always be achieved.

The current exercise, if done manually with no computer assistance, will
take a year. Using the tools I am writing it should be done in a couple of
months, maybe even less.

It will take me two weeks to write the tools...:-)

Pete.
--
"I used to write COBOL...now I can do anything."


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