>I think Sergey is right here - the last versions of Clipper (like 5.x or so) had the Clipper turned into pretty much a C-preprocessor. I've seen the Clipper code converted into C, and of course there were some preprocessor directives where you could just tell it to stop preprocessing any source between two markers, where you could have real C code. That was one hell of a solution for its sluggish engine :).

Makes me feel really old that I remember that. Even older that you beat me to the answer.

Think I'll go tend to the spare ribs on the grill and mutter to myself. <g>