Re: Grammer for dBASE III

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From: Lars P. Fischer
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1991 19:59

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>>>>> statham@cactus.org (Perry L. Statham):

Perry> Does anybody know of a freely available YACC grammer for 
Perry> dBASE/FoxBase/Clipper?

>>>>> cjeffery@optima.UUCP (Clinton Jeffery) said:

Clinton> I've heard that some commercial yacc-alikes include a dBase grammar...

Uh-oh, watch out. Aston-Tate seriously attempts to convince the world
that they own the dBase *language*. They claim that you cannot
implement this language without their permission (they have sued the
FoxBase folks) and I would not be surprised at all to learn that
these guys are mad enough to believe that their copyright or patent or
whatever extends to the grammar of the language.

Better stay away from anything that look even remotely related to
Aston-Tate or dBase.

/Lars
--
Lars Fischer,  fischer@iesd.auc.dk   | It takes an uncommon mind to think of
CS Dept., Univ. of Aalborg, DENMARK. | these things.  -- Calvin

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