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     The Professional Clipper Library (PROCLIP2), Version 2.00, is designed
     for the CLIPPER programming language (Summer '87 release) from
     Nantucket, Corp.  It is for the programmer who desires more than the
     current language specifications can support.  PROCLIP2 is not designed
     to replace the standard Nantucket Clipper Library, but to provide
     enhanced capabilities in those areas Nantucket chose not to.  Some of
     the functions provided by PROCLIP2 will undoubtedly be made available in
     future releases of Clipper, but the need to utilize them in application
     development is today and PROCLIP2 was designed to meet some of those
     needs.  As with any language, Clipper contains features and functions
     which are unique to it and therefore make it more attractive.  By the
     same token, it lacks features which may appear to be "standard" in other
     languages and thus makes it somewhat frustrating to use from time to
     time.  While PROCLIP2 does not, and indeed cannot, solve all of these
     frustrations it will help where it can.


     Care has been taken to utilize only published and supported accesses
     into Clipper in an effort to ensure upward compatibility with future
     releases of Clipper.  Some of the routines contained within PROCLIP2 are
     similar in name to those provided by Nantucket or another creator of
     add-on libraries, Tom Rettig Assoc.  Each function has been created with
     the concept of enhancing existing functions and procedures regardless of
     their origin.  All functions contained within PROCLIP2 have been coded
     in Intel 8088/8086 assembly language for compactness of code, execution
     efficiency and compatibility through all Intel microprocessors.

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