On Friday 12 September 2008 02:12:46 pm Lorenzo Fiorini wrote: > On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 7:39 PM, Szakáts Viktor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Great, I surely am. Probably not alone, even. > > I'm not an English native speaker so I'll be very "schematic". > I hope this will not sounds rude or offensive. > My intention is only to find the best words to describe what I think > is a masterpiece of the computer science :) > > I fear that "A 32/64 bits Cl*pper compiler" probably doesn't mean > anything to the 99% of the programmers. I would suggest to change it > to sth more generic like a "A smart language, powerful yet easy to > learn and use" ( just to give the idea ). > > Also "Harbour is a compiler for the xBase superset language called > Cl*pper..." is confusing and seems that Cl*pper is a superset of > xBase. > But Wikipedia says that xBase is: "xBase is the generic term for all > programming languages that derive from the original dBASE > (Ashton-Tate) programming language and database formats. These ..." > and about Harbour it says: "Harbour is a modern, fast computer > programming language. it is a Clipper-compatible compiler which is > cross-platform, running on many operating systems (DOS, Microsoft > Windows, Linux (32, 64), Unix (32, 64), Mac OS X, Windows CE, Pocket > PC)." > > Here the "Clipper-compatible compiler which is cross-platform" seems > to be the a feature of Cl*pper but about Clipper it says: "Cl*pper is > a computer programming language that is used to create software > programs that originally operated primarily under DOS. Although it is > a powerful general-purpose programming language, it was primarily used > to create database/business programs." > > Of course Harbour IS an "xBase language, 100% compatible with Cl*pper" > but this is only the start. I think we should clearly state that > Harbour is a full, powerful, modern language not simply "a compiler" > of a legacy product. > > Also about "Why using it": > > "Harbour is proven to be stable, robust and efficient...", these kind > of assertions are difficult to prove ( particularly for a 1.0 release > ) and generic. Every computer language is claimed stable and robust. > > Instead I would mention thinks like: > > - it's easy to learn and to use > - it has a powerful preprocessor > - it has many "dynamic" programming features ( code blocks, macros, hrb ) > - it has an embedded database > - it has many ready to use "extensions"
Fine with me. Lets start with some nice wording and it's not cast in stone. We can continue to groom it. > best regards, > Lorenzo If we want to use the word Clipper on our web site, we need a footnote on the page that says Clipper is a registered trademark of Computer Associates. That's all it takes to make it legal. -- "Ninety percent of politicians give the other 10 percent a bad name." -- Henry Kissinger _______________________________________________ Harbour mailing list Harbour@harbour-project.org http://lists.harbour-project.org/mailman/listinfo/harbour
