Database Knowledge Base
Search:     Advanced search
Browse by category:
Glossary | Contact Us

Isn't Clipper obsolete?

Add comment
Views: 862
Votes: 2
Comments: 42

Clipper, the compiler from Computer Associates? Well, it's definitely stopped evolving; CA has announced that 5.3 will be the last significant release and only maintenance patches will be forthcoming. There is still (as of March 1998) a lot of maintenance work for good Clipper programmers. And when you do write that occasional new DOS program (some of us still do!), Clipper is an outstanding choice. But for most programmers in business today, yeah, there are really not too many applications that you would write from scratch with Clipper.

 

Clipper, the language? Definitely not obsolete. Clipper clones, improvements, and adaptations are everywhere. I count FlagShip, xBase++, x2c, FORCE, and Visual Objects (sorta) at least. Almost all desktop operating systems in common use have a "Clipper" of some kind. As long as people are using Windows NT, Windows 95, OS/2, or Unix, there will be a Clipper.

Showing: 1-20 of 42    »»
Comments

31 Dec, 1969   |   Guest
sql server 2010


31 Dec, 1969   |   Guest
dbms functions


31 Dec, 1969   |   Guest
what is database software


31 Dec, 1969   |   Guest
learn sql


31 Dec, 1969   |   Guest
online database management


31 Dec, 1969   |   Guest
microsoft sql server error 18456


31 Dec, 1969   |   Guest
learn sql


31 Dec, 1969   |   Guest
dc database


31 Dec, 1969   |   Guest
sql certification cost


31 Dec, 1969   |   Guest
sql help


31 Dec, 1969   |   Guest
relational database design


31 Dec, 1969   |   Guest
access database


31 Dec, 1969   |   Guest
dbms server


31 Dec, 1969   |   Guest
music database software


31 Dec, 1969   |   Guest
sql join statement


31 Dec, 1969   |   Guest
relational databases


31 Dec, 1969   |   Guest
microsoft database software


31 Dec, 1969   |   Guest
database website


31 Dec, 1969   |   Guest
microsoft access database


31 Dec, 1969   |   Guest
what is database


Showing: 1-20 of 42    »»


Add comment

Others in this Category
document what are the available versions of Clipper were or is ?
document What is Clipper?
document What is CA-Visual Objects?
document What is the current release of CA-Clipper?
document What is the current release of CA-Visual Objects?
document How do I get CA-Clipper 5.3?
document How do I get the CA-Clipper 5.2e and/or 5.3a patches?
document What is Data Mapping



RSS