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From: b39y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: RE: Clipper 5.0
Message-ID: <1990Oct9.095923.321@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>
Date: 9 Oct 90 13:59:23 GMT
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I've just installed Clipper 5.0 - however, I tried to use their install program
and encountered the same problems as everyone else.  Afterwards, I installed it
by hand, and it works fine now.  I have not tried to convert ANY old
applications, but have simply been redesigning my support functions to learn
the new language.  My advice would be:  Don't, throw the program out simply due
to a horrible INSTALL program, and don't buy the program if all you want to do
is maintain S'87 code.  I'm keeping S'87 but will be doing all new design in
Clipper 5.0 - the program has (in my opinion) amazing potential, but you must
remember that Nantucket is trying to market 5.0 as an upgrade, while developers
HAVE to look at it as a new language.  I'm sure that a port of old applications
could be made to work, but, at least with my code, the S'87 works fine as it
is, and I'm not willing to spend the time to rewrite it all to make minor
modifications which could be made in S'87 just as easily.  Besides, all that
code is (sort of :-) optimized for S'87 anyway...

Good luck - feel free to ask questions here or via Email

Dave Rodger	B39Y@VAX5.CIT.CORNELL.EDU
Cornell University