Clipper

Clipper is a programming language created in 1985.

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Clipper is an xBase compiler, which is a computer programming language, that is used to create software programs that originally operated primarily under MS-DOS. Although it is a powerful general-purpose programming language, it was primarily used to create database/business programs.. Read more on Wikipedia...

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Clipper first developed in Nantucket Corporation
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Clipper appears in the TIOBE Index
See also: (11 related languages)xBase, C, Visual Objects, Visual Basic, Delphi, XBase++, Linux, Unix, Visual FoxPro, SQL, DBase

Example from hello-world:

? "Hello World"

Example from the Hello World Collection:

// Hello World in Clipper

? "Hello World"

Example from Wikipedia:

USE Customer SHARED NEW
clear
@  1, 0 SAY "CustNum" GET Customer->CustNum PICT "999999" VALID Customer->CustNum > 0
@  3, 0 SAY "Contact" GET Customer->Contact VALID !empty(Customer->Contact)
@  4, 0 SAY "Address" GET Customer->Address
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Feature	Supported	Token	Example
Strings	✓	"	"Hello world"
Comments	✓		// A comment
Line Comments	✓	//	// A comment
Semantic Indentation	X

Clipper - Programming language

Language features