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From: cook@jomby.cs.wisc.edu (James Cook)
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Subject: Re: Any Clarion users out there?
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Date: 2 Apr 91 16:55:03 GMT
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In article <1991Mar29.051553.4208@uniwa.uwa.oz> doug@psy.uwa.oz.au (Doug Robb) writes:
>
> I am in the process of choosing a database for a student
>record/marking system I plan to develop on AT's. We network
>our pc's using SUN's pcnfs, the servers being sun sparc stations
>and dec micro vaxe's. I plan to have an nfs mounted disk available
>to the pc's to store tha database files. I have used and am aware
>of the capabilities of dbase 3,4, paradox, clipper and rbase.
>Being a fluent C programmer my main gripe is the
>lack of grunt in the programming language's of the above.
>
>My questions:
>1. According to the Clarion adverts it has the
>"robust characteristics of a true programming language"
>
>Anyone got any comments? How true is this?
>
>2.
>And also I would like to hear from anyone doing file/record
>locking on a pcnfs network. I did try this with clipper and
>couldnt get it to work and wondered if you really needed a
>network operating system like novell etc.
>
>3. anyone know any clarion newgroups/users groups ftp
>	sites etc
>
>regards doug@psy.uwa.oz.au

I would definitely recommend CLARION.  It has an excellent language for
creating user applications with built in support for databases, screens and 
reports.   Highly rated by PC Magazine.  It comes with Report Writer which is
a super package in which you can create about any report you can think of 
without any programming.  Don't know about PCNFS...   As long as it supports
NETBIOS calls, I think it should work, but the fact that clipper did not work
makes me a little suspect.   Don't know of any newsgroups, but there are
several BBS systems in the U.S.A. which support clarion.  If you go with the
Clarion System, I would strongly suggest you subscribe to the Clarion Tech
Journal.  Also, you can always create your own "access method" to PCNFS files
by writing it in C.   The CLARION language can be extended by writing C programsand they are added to the language just like other clarion code.  This facility
is called L.E.M. (Language Extension Module).  GO WITH CLARION!!!