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Clipper was a compiler for the [[Dbase IV]] product, which allowed programmers to compile .prg files into an executable, that could in turn read Dbase data files. In the 1980's this was a popular way of shipping database applications prior to the rise of Microsoft Access. Clipper applications ran under [[MS-DOS]]. As time went by there were even support for various 286 [[Dos extender|dos extenders]] for the original clipper 87 compiler. | Clipper was a compiler for the [[Dbase IV]] product, which allowed programmers to compile .prg files into an executable, that could in turn read Dbase data files. In the 1980's this was a popular way of shipping database applications prior to the rise of Microsoft Access. Clipper applications ran under [[MS-DOS]]. As time went by there were even support for various 286 [[Dos extender|dos extenders]] for the original clipper 87 compiler. | ||
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Revision as of 16:17, 18 December 2018
Clipper was a compiler for the Dbase IV product, which allowed programmers to compile .prg files into an executable, that could in turn read Dbase data files. In the 1980's this was a popular way of shipping database applications prior to the rise of Microsoft Access. Clipper applications ran under MS-DOS. As time went by there were even support for various 286 dos extenders for the original clipper 87 compiler.
