Clipper (programming language)
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Clipper is an xBase compiler that implements a variant of the xBase computer programming language. It is used to create or extend software programs that originally operated primarily under MS-DOS. Although it is a powerful general-purpose programming language, it was primarily used to create database/business programs.
First appeared | 1985 (1985) |
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Stable release | CA Clipper 5.3b
/ May 20, 1997; 27 years ago (1997-05-20) |
OS | MS-DOS |
Website | While the last known Website 'www |
One major dBase feature not implemented in Clipper is the dot-prompt (. prompt) interactive command set,[1] which was an important part of the original dBase implementation.
Clipper, from Nantucket Corp and later Computer Associates, started out as a native code compiler for dBase III databases, and later evolved.[2]