Re: Mildly OT: dBASE IV

From: Kenneth Downs <knode.wants.this_at_see.sigblock>
Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 09:49:18 -0400
Message-ID: <doark3-50n.ln1_at_pluto.downsfam.net>


Frank Hamersley wrote:

>
> My poison was Clipper Summer 87 and then 5.01 from Nantucket (the 2 gold
> releases). When Foxpro came out it was seen more as a clone of the
> dBase user environment while Clipper was a *woo hoo* compiler (well sort
> of)! I ended up using Foxpro on SCO for an app that lasted for 15 years
> before it was retired. It was fast and quite reliable.

Ah! The one I never used. As i Recall the clipper gang was as devoted as us foxers.

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Kenneth Downs
Secure Data Software, Inc.
(Ken)nneth_at_(Sec)ure(Dat)a(.com)
Received on Mon May 29 2006 - 15:49:18 CEST

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