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From: tleylan@pegasus.com (Tom Leylan)
Newsgroups: comp.databases,aus.wanted
Subject: Re: Clipper-like program for SCO 386 Unix
Keywords: clipper,dbase,unix,sco,386
Message-ID: <1991Jun7.084601.2665@pegasus.com>
Date: 7 Jun 91 08:46:01 GMT
Article-I.D.: pegasus.1991Jun7.084601.2665
References: <1991Jun6.065728.20067@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>
Organization: Pegasus,  Honolulu
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In article <1991Jun6.065728.20067@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> jayen@cs.mu.OZ.AU (Jayen Vaghani) writes:
>We are looking for a Clipper-like program for SCO Unix 386. That is, a
>program for compiling dbase programs into native executable code. We don't
>want something like Foxplus which compiles into interpreted code. This would
>be too slow for our purposes. I have heard rumours of Foxplus having a native
>code compiler. Can anyone confirm this one way or another? Otherwise, what
>other products are available?
>
Jayen,  I can't be of any help on your quest but just to avoid any future
arguments you might have with someone... Clipper is a tokenizing compiler
and not a native code compiler.  Last native code version was A'86 as far
as I recall.

tom leylan
(ex-Senior Systems Analyst /  Nantucket Corporation)