Clipper (programming language)

Clipper
First appeared1985 (1985)
Stable release
CA Clipper 5.3b / May 20, 1997; 27 years ago (1997-05-20)
OSMS-DOS
WebsiteWhile the last known Website 'www.grafxsoft.com/clipper.htm' still exists, relevant content has been removed, even for the main webpage. Looking back in time at this URL in the Wayback Machine, it seems real content was last available on June 16, 2018. This archived content is still available at: 'web.archive.org/web/20180616231447/http://www.grafxsoft.com/clipper.htm' but trying to place an order at the bottom of the page is probably not a good idea.
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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.

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]

  1. ^ Warren M. Littlefield (1983). DBASE - From the Dot Prompt: An Introduction to Structured Programming using dBase IV. ISBN 0791417808.
  2. ^ "Clipper". a native code compiler for dBase ..later evolved ..