>>And how many programmers are currently solving new business problems using Clipper -Summer of 87, or exporting old solutions to it?
>I rest my case, counselor! ;-)
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>Actually, we are. For hand-helds with very limited storage, Clipper 5.0 and 5.3 have a much smaller executable than VFP. The fact that one can compile in C code means we can use it to manage the back end and C++ for the interface.
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>However, it was not the strength of the language that caused its demise, it was the fact it was bought out by that idiot Wang at Computer Associates and could never really make the transition to Windows.

Wang blew it, ok. I got into Clipper just as it went south and quickly switched to that new tool VB.

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>IAGIANAL????

I Am Glad I Am Not A Lawyer ;-)

Part of my consulting for 15 years was ballistic forensics and other applications of physics and math to crimes, mostly homicides. I met and worked with too many lawyers - you have to maintain a firm grasp on the difference between night and day, or the meaning of 'is'.



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>>>Jerry,
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>>>>OR, more experience than you realize. It's one thing to support a languge and another to make it a religious faith. VB has been undergoing a ground shift and there is lots of discontent in the VB community.
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>>>"Discontent" is being very gracious. Most of my VB colleagues are on the verge of mutiny. MS has taken away a lot of backward compatibility and they are really pisssssssed.
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>>>However, I remember when Clipper did the same thing. It took some adjustment, but the result was worth it in speed and the ability to compile down to machine code.
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>>And how many programmers are currently solving new business problems using Clipper -Summer of 87, or exporting old solutions to it?
>>I rest my case, counselor! ;-)
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>>>How'd a nice guy like you get hooked up with NDOR? When I practiced law up there I had some nice skirmishes with your legal guys (and gals), some of which I actually won.
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>>I had closed down my consulting business because of too much travel and was working for clients only in the Lincoln area. The NDOR was one of them. As their project was drawing to a close they gave me an offer I couldn't refuse.
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>>All I can say is: IAGIANAL!