Clipper (programming language)

Clipper
FamilyxBase
DevelopersNantucket Corporation
Computer Associates
First appeared1985 (1985)
Final release
CA Clipper 5.3b / May 20, 1997 (1997-05-20)
OSDOS
Licenseproprietary
WebsiteLast known Website www.grafxsoft.com/clipper.htm still exists, but relevant content has been removed, even for the main webpage. Looking back in time at this URL in Wayback Machine, real content appears last available on June 16, 2018. This archived content still available at: web.archive.org/web/20180616231447/http://www.grafxsoft.com/clipper.htm. Trying to place an order at the page bottom will fall.
Influenced by
dBase
Influenced
Harbour

Clipper is an xBase compiler that implements a variant of the xBase computer programming language. It is used to create or extend software programs that originally ran usually on DOS. Although it is a powerful general-purpose programming language, it was used mainly to create database business programs.

One major dBase feature not implemented in Clipper is the dot-prompt (. prompt) interactive command set, which was an important part of the original dBase implementation.

Clipper, from Nantucket Corp and later Computer Associates, started out as a native code compiler for dBase III databases, and later evolved.

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