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>>I remember the controversy over the Clipper chip. Hard to believe it was 20 years ago.
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>Well, 25 years ago, there was a bigger Clipper controversy. Clipper 5.0. What a debacle that was. Most unreliable development software of all time.
I loved Clipper 5, I did some wonderful programs with it, in particular I loved the pre-processor directives, you could (and I did) create your own meta language with it...
"The five senses obstruct or deform the apprehension of reality."
Jorge L. Borges?
"Premature optimization is the root of all evil in programming."
Donald Knuth, repeating C. A. R. Hoare
"To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely"
Jorge L. Borges
