Harbour (programming language): Difference between revisions

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| dialects = Clipper, Xbase++, FlagShip, FoxPro, xHarbour

| influenced_by = dBase, Clipper

| influenced = [[xHarbour]]

| operating_system = [[Cross-platform]]

| license = [[Open-source license|Open-source]] GPL-compatible

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==xHarbour comparison==

[[xHarbour]] is a fork<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xharbour.org/index.asp?page=about/index |title=About xHarbour |publisher=Xharbour.org |access-date=2013-12-09}}</ref> of the earlier Harbour project. xHarbour takes a more aggressive approach to implementing new features in the language, while Harbour is more conservative in its approach, aiming first of all for an exact replication of Clipper behaviour and then implementing new features and extensions as a secondary consideration. It should also be noted that Harbour is supported on a wide variety of [[operating systems]] while xHarbour only really supports MS Windows and Linux 32-bit.

The Harbour developers have attempted to document all hidden behaviour in the Clipper language and test Harbour-compiled code alongside the same code compiled with Clipper to maintain compatibility.