<s>
Visual	B-Language
Objects	I-Language
is	O
an	O
object-oriented	B-Language
computer	I-Language
programming	I-Language
language	O
that	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
computer	B-Application
programs	I-Application
that	O
operate	O
primarily	O
under	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Visual	B-Language
Objects	I-Language
project	O
(	O
code-named	O
Aspen	O
)	O
was	O
started	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Nantucket	O
's	O
attempts	O
to	O
bring	O
the	O
Clipper	B-Application
language	O
to	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
and	O
move	O
from	O
the	O
procedural	B-Application
to	O
the	O
object-oriented	B-Language
style	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
converted	O
Clipper	B-Application
from	O
a	O
p-code	B-Language
system	O
to	O
being	O
a	O
true	O
native	O
compiler	O
and	O
introduced	O
more	O
elements	O
of	O
the	O
C	B-Language
language	I-Language
(	O
such	O
as	O
typed	O
variables	O
)	O
,	O
while	O
including	O
Windows	B-Application
extensions	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
COM	B-Application
,	O
ODBC	B-Application
,	O
and	O
later	O
ADO	B-Library
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
its	O
symbol	O
datatype	O
,	O
it	O
offers	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
form	O
name-based	O
linkages	O
,	O
which	O
may	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
connect	O
menu	O
events	O
to	O
object	B-Language
methods	I-Language
or	O
form	O
direct	O
linkages	O
between	O
server	O
columns	O
and	O
controls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
was	O
finally	O
brought	O
to	O
market	O
by	O
Computer	O
Associates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unfortunately	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
before	O
it	O
was	O
market-ready	O
and	O
in	O
almost	O
head-to-head	O
competition	O
with	O
the	O
first	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
Borland	B-Language
Delphi	I-Language
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
incarnation	O
of	O
the	O
Visual	B-Language
Objects	I-Language
language	O
is	O
Vulcan.NET	O
,	O
written	O
by	O
GrafX	O
from	O
scratch	O
to	O
be	O
both	O
Visual	B-Language
Objects	I-Language
compatible	O
and	O
be	O
a	O
true	O
CLS	O
compliant	O
.NET	B-Application
language	O
,	O
taking	O
full	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
.NET	B-Application
framework	I-Application
.	O
</s>
