[Buu Huynh was recently overheard saying to All...]
 BH> I'm an asm programmer, and I want to know what so different 
 BH> about this language. 
 I write in ASM also, but only as a LAST resort when I cannot get a
 function or routine that I need accomplished in another language.
 Clipper, for the most part, is an Xbase language.  That is, it is
 similiar to dBase, FoxBase, etc. in its language and the commands
 that are available for use in developing a program.  Though, one of
 the BIG differences is that is has some functions that are not found
 so easily in other Xbase languages.  Not to mention, like some other
 high-level languages that I have written in, it also allows you to
 add-in routines developed in other languages, such as ASM and C.  It
 includes an API for passing and storing values.
 The nice thing about this also is that you do get an EXE when you
 have finished the compile process, and you have the power of a
 database environment without needing a runtime-module to be shipped
 along with it.  The langauge looks to be on its last leg at this
 point.  The Windows version of the language is called Visual Objects
 and ha not been out 2 years now.  No announcement for Windows 95 at
 present, or at least I have not heard of one.
 It is going to be a sad day when this language is dropped by the
 manufacturer (Computer Associates).  Though, I will continue to use
 it for years to come.  It is a language that has been used to
 develop many programs that are used across the country.  Some of the
 companies that have used Clipper are:
 
                MicroBiz        POS Software
                IBM             Electronic Repair Shop
                R.E.M., Inc.    Medical Billing/Insurance filing
 These are only a few that I can remember off-the-top-of-my-head.  If
 you are not weak at heart to learn it, I would recommend it IF you
 are wanting to get into some database programming...otherwise, leave
 it to those of us who like it.  It is going to be something like the
 RPG language, DEAD but still ALIVE because of the number of end-user
 applications that have been developed with it requiring UPDATES!
... I am Wakko of Borg.  You will be... WOW, look at all that food!
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