Unless you are really old *and* a computer geek you probably have no idea what dBase is. I'm both and I actually wrote code for dBase II on CP/M systems and dBase III (plus variants) on MS/DOS PCs back in the 1980s.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DBase
Turns out? It's still around. 😲
> Welcome to dBASE® 2019… https://www.dbase.com/
> dBase Classic. https://dbaseclassic.com/
Do I recommend it?
No, not really. There's a reason why you probably haven't heard of it.
#programming #database #history #WTF
Jack William Bell /
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2023-07-22 00:19:40
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