Harbour – the history of XBASE languages

Last Updated on 26 May 2021 by Roberto De Pedrini In this article we are going to see the history of XBASE languages and how the creation of Harbour specifically came about. The story begins in 1979 with the VULCAN project. Given the lack of success, the package was subsequently sold to George Tate (founder of Ashton Tate). Thanks to a good advertising investment, DBASE II was introduced in 1982 which had managed to become one of the standards for the time. Initially the product ran on 8-bit architectures, so it was rewritten with the language C. …