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Migration behavior
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Hazard: Migration behavior
The source contains migration warnings concerning untranslated color attributes, unsupported fgl_drawbox behavior, untranslated PAUSE behavior, report-to-file usage, and the run instruction. These warnings support the conclusion that the code is translated or migrated and that visual, pause, command, and some report or file semantics may differ from the original system. They are evidence of possible divergence, not proof that each warned behavior fails at runtime. E0002
The source metadata includes files associated with revisions 4972, 4974, and 4998 while working-copy metadata refers to revision 5003. This mixed-revision snapshot does not prove an inconsistency or defect, but it leaves historical coherence unresolved. Repository metadata, URLs, and executable properties establish provenance information rather than runtime capability. E0002 E0004
Harten documentation of the Informix 4GL and Java source repository, from the retained 17 October 2026 export. The exact upstream revision analysed is not established. Source findings do not establish runtime behaviour or equivalence between the implementations.
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