Wanted: One Specific Piece of Software

From: gwynp_at_artware.qc.ca <(gwynp_at_artware.qc.ca)>
Date: Sat Dec 29 21:05:24 2001

On 28-Dec-2001 Boatman on the River of Suck wrote:
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> Specifically, dBase 5 and dBase Compiler.

I might be able to get my hands on that. At a quick check, I have

dBase IV ver 1.2
Clipper 5.0

Which aren't what you want. But let me heartily recomend Clipper. It
compiles 99% of dBase programs and more. The 2 features I really liked
of Clipper where that it worked like a real compiler (ie, compiled to .obj
files, linked to .exe. Back in the day I used a 3rd party incremental
linker which saved much time during compiles) but above all, XCOMMANDS!
These allowed you to add new syntax to the language, which would be mapped
onto function calls. Think of it as a sophisticated pre-processor. I've
heard rumours of someone implementing Fortran as Clipper xcommands.

-Philip
Received on Sat Dec 29 2001 - 21:05:24 GMT