dabo
core
| dabo | core | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 6 | |
| 56 | 319 | |
| - | 1.6% | |
| 0.0 | 7.7 | |
| about 3 years ago | 24 days ago | |
| Python | C | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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dabo
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Microsoft's FoxPro 2.5 Is Fast and Easy to Use (1993)
True. Years ago, some FoxPro developers tried to translate their experience in building apps with FoxPro to python. Check the Dabo project. It appears to be dead, though. https://github.com/dabodev/dabo
core
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Some of the error messages produced by Apple's MPW C compiler (2006)
I learned to program on various dBase languages. That Clipper 5 preprocessor was quite the thing! It reminds me of https://research.swtch.com/shmacro but it met a real need, lowering a COBOL-like syntax to a C/Pascal-like one.
(dBase code looks like https://github.com/harbour/core/blob/master/tests/ntx.prg , and https://github.com/harbour/core/blob/master/include/std.ch is an open-source reimplementation of Clipper's preprocessor definitions).
- Harbour. The Cross-Platform XBase
- Harbour/core: Portable, xBase compatible programming language and environment
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Terminal cataloging/database application
You basically want clipper isn’t it? I just realized there’s an open source version now!
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PureBasic switches to a C backend
I understand what you say but FPC and Harbour just show that writing portable c code is actually possible...
https://github.com/harbour/core#supported-platforms-and-c-co...
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Microsoft's FoxPro 2.5 Is Fast and Easy to Use (1993)
Quick shoutout to xHarbour and Harbour - the open-source, commercially-supported versions of Clipper. https://github.com/harbour/core
The projects are still going strong and many years ago I had ported a huge Clipper project into Harbour and had it working well across a 20 node network with both Clipper and Harbour binaries working simultaneously on the same database.
These days every time I make another web application I wish for the simplicity of xBase. But there is some core truth about application development hidden there that is lost to me now.
What are some alternatives?
pgdbf - Convert XBase / FoxPro databases to PostgreSQL
TablaM - The practical relational programing language for data-oriented applications
ui-editor - A collaboration tool for engineering teams. Working concept for design tool that can generate readable code. Aimed to replace modern bloatware like jira, slack, outlook, IDE, and redundant work. A developer tool built by developer to make designers do the developer's work.