Clipper

Clipper is a programming language created in 1985.

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Clipper is an xBase compiler, which is a computer programming language, that is used to create 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.. Read more on Wikipedia...

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Clipper first developed in Nantucket Corporation
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Clipper appears in the TIOBE Index
See also: (11 related languages)xBase, C, Visual Objects, Visual Basic, Delphi, XBase++, Linux, Unix, Visual FoxPro, SQL, DBase
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Example from hello-world:

? "Hello World"

Example from the Hello World Collection:

// Hello World in Clipper

? "Hello World"

Example from Wikipedia:

USE Customer SHARED NEW
clear
@  1, 0 SAY "CustNum" GET Customer->CustNum PICT "999999" VALID Customer->CustNum > 0
@  3, 0 SAY "Contact" GET Customer->Contact VALID !empty(Customer->Contact)
@  4, 0 SAY "Address" GET Customer->Address
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Feature	Supported	Token	Example
Strings	✓	"	"Hello world"
Comments	✓		// A comment
Line Comments	✓	//	// A comment
Semantic Indentation	X

Books about Clipper from ISBNdb

title	authors	year	publisher
Clipper Programming Guide, Version 5.01 (Lance A. Leventhal Microtrend Series)	Spence, Rick	1992	Microtrend
Clipper 5: A Developer's Guide	Joseph D. Booth and Greg Lief and Craig Yellick	1991	Holt, Henry & Company, Inc.
Programming in Clipper: The Definitive Guide to the Clipper dBASE Compiler	Straley, Stephen J.	1988	Addison-Wesley
Clipper programming guide (The Data based advisor series)	Spence, Rick	1991T	Microtrend Books
Using Clipper (Programming Series)	Tiley, W. Edward	1991	Que Pub
Clipper Programming by Example	Darling, Paul	1994	Butterworth-Heinemann
Clipper	Walnut Creek Cdrom (firm)	1995	Walnut Creek Cdrom
Clipper Programming	Beam and Gary
Clipper Programming	Dan Parsons	1990	Mcgraw-hill Osborne Media
Clipper Programming	Brett Oliver and Jim Sheldon	1991	Mcgraw-hill Osborne Media
Clipper Database Programming	Michael Towle	1992	Slawson Communications
Programming in Clipper	Justin Werner and Bruce C. Donaldson and Margaret A. Zinky	1988/12/31	Pearson Scott Foresman
Programacion En Clipper 5/ Programming In Clipper 5 (spanish Edition)	M. Schinkel and J. Kaster	2004	Ediciones Diaz De Santos S A
Programming In Clipper: The Definitive Guide To The Clipper Dbase Compiler	Stephen J Straley	1988	Addison-wesley Pub. Co
Clipper Programmer's Reference (programming Series)	W. Edward Tiley	1991	Que Pub
Advanced Programming In Clipper With C	Straley, Stephen J. and Karasek, David.	1990	Addison-wesley
Straley's Programming with Clipper	Stephen J. Straley	1993	Random House Electronic Publishing,U.S.
Programming In Clipper 5/includes Version 5.01	Mike Schinkel	1992	Addison-wesley (c)
Straley's Object-Oriented Clipper Programming	Stephen J. Straley	1994/11/01	Random House Electronic Publishing,U.S.
Clipper Programming Guide (the Data Based Advisor Series)	Rick Spence	1989	Microtrend Books
Xbase Programming For The True Beginner: An Introduction To The Xbase Language In The Context Of Dbase Iii+, Iv, 5, Foxpro, And Clipper	Eugene Kaluzniacky and Vijay Kanabar	1995	Richard D Irwin

Clipper - Programming language

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Books about Clipper from ISBNdb

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