Yes, the Harbour project. https://harbour.github.io/
On Mon, Jul 27, 2020, 9:57 PM Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeova...@gmail.com> wrote: > There used to be an open-sourced version of Clipper, wasn't there? That > was the dBase 3 compiler from a 3rd party. Did that go extinct? > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2020, 8:59 PM <rhkra...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Somebody wrote: >> > But... isn't the tool the least of your problems? The big one being, >> > where are you going to get your nutritional database. (Seems to me that >> > most of what Weight Watchers and Noom do is collect data on millions of >> > products.) >> >> From my records in my free format database (which would not be suitable >> for >> your program (at least not in its present condition), some notes on >> available >> databases. >> >> From "USDA databases" Thu Sep 08 06:57:41 2016 >> Date: 09/08/16 06:57 am >> Subject: USDA databases >> >> There is documentation available to explain how the databases are >> organized, >> what they contain, etc. Several different formats are available (ASCII >> text, >> Access, etc.) Statistical information (e.g., standard deviation) is >> available >> for some data. >> >> * [[http://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=8964][USDA >> National >> Nutrient Database for Standard Reference: Release 28]] >> >> * >> [[ >> http://www.ars.usda.gov/sp2UserFiles/Place/80400525/Data/SR/SR28/sr28_doc.pdf >> ] >> [Composition of Foods: Raw, Processed, Prepared; USDA National Nutrient >> Database for Standard Reference, Release 28 (2015); Documentation and >> User >> Guide]] >> >> * [[ >> https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/docs/SR_BrandedFoods_May2016.pdf][USDA >> Branded Food Products Database; Documentation; May 2016]]--an >> experimental >> public / private partnership, dissolved in 2015 (iirc) after developing >> data >> for 354 products, incorporated as an adjunct (iiuc) to the USDA database >> SR28 >> >> * [[https://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=24912][SR27 - >> Download >> Files]] >> >> And, from some documentation on CRON-O-Meter (which is a program like >> you're >> describing, available in an online version and a Linux version: >> >> <quote> >> The foods in our database come from several sources. >> >> * NCCDB (Nutrition Coordinating Center Food & Nutrient Database) from >> the >> University of Minnesota, contains over 16000 food entries with >> comprehensive >> data on 70 nutrients. >> >> * USDA (SR28) (United States Department of Agriculture National >> Nutrient >> Database for Standard Reference (SR28)) contains over 8000 food entries >> with >> data on over 70 nutrients. >> >> * ESHA (ESHA Research, Inc.) contains over 35000 brand name products >> and >> restaurant menu items. These items don't typically have as full of a >> nutrient >> profile as the USDA and NCCDB items, but contain all the published >> information >> from the product nutrition labels--I don't know how many nutrients--may >> vary. >> >> * ???? Nutritionix: barcode scanning database, contains data for over >> 400,000 food product nutrition labels--I don't know how many >> nutrients--may >> vary. Nutritionix API >> >> * CNF 2010 (Canadian Nutrient File) >> This data has a lot of overlap with the USDA data (many entries are >> derived it), but adds a lot of additional foods, as well as reflecting >> differences found in Canadian foods. It has french and english names for >> all >> items, as well as standard measures in metric units--I don't know how >> many >> nutrients--may vary. >> >> * IFCDB (Irish Food Composition Database) contains nearly 1000 irish >> food >> and supplement products--I don't know how many nutrients--may vary. >> >> * CRDB (CRON-O-Meter Community Database) foods submitted by >> CRON-O-Meter >> users (they show green in the food search dialog)--I don't know how many >> nutrients--may vary. >> >> * Custom >> These are your custom foods. These are private and can only be viewed >> and >> used by you, or any friends you have linked to for >> food-sharing--nutrients >> included may vary based on where I got the data (I mean, like from which >> of >> the databases listed below. >> </quote> >> >> One of my points is that data / databases are available. >> >> I'm also willing to share with you my file on my experiences with this >> type of >> program. NUT is available for LInux, but it was really freaky -- for >> example, >> you had to specify how many meals per day you intended to eat (for this >> example, assume 6, 3 meals, 3 between meal snacks, and then when you >> entered >> the first meal it multiplied all the nutritional values by 6. I forget >> what it >> did as you entered the other meals. >> >> CRON-O-Meter was much better, but not really good enough to suit me. >> >> I experimented with possibly as many as 10 such programs that I could run >> without touching Windows. One of them (I forget which) tracked something >> like >> 60 different nutrients, things like micrograms and such of minerals, >> vitamins, >> ... >> >> If you're really interested, I can make my file with my notes in it >> available >> to you. >> >> You can treat it as a plain text file, or read it as emails in any email >> client >> that can handle mbox files, or, with a special file I can provide, read >> it in >> kate with the features I intended it to have (syntax highlighting and >> folding). >> >> >> >> >> >>
