Subject Re: What Other Languages Use Syntax Similar to dBASE? From Ken Mayer <dbase@nospam.goldenstag.net> Date Wed, 19 Apr 2023 08:25:33 -0700 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 4/18/2023 2:46 PM, Doug H. wrote: > Greetings, All, > > I've decided it's time for me to learn another programming language. I'm not abandoning dBASE; I'm broadening my versatility. > > Can anyone suggest a language with syntax similar to dBASE? It would make learning the new language easier. Any suggestions would be appreciated. For web development I use PHP, which all (at least most) Linux-based servers provide. It's very close to dBASE, and is designed to be the intermediate or backend software for web applications (communicate with the database, and work with HTML ...). I think the one trap you will find that can make you crazy, no matter what other languages you use: the semicolon -- in dBASE it means that the statement is continued on the next line -- in nearly every other language it is the statement terminator (and is required). Ken -- *Ken Mayer* Ken's dBASE Page: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase The dUFLP: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/index.htm#duflp dBASE Books: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/Books/dBASEBooks.htm dBASE Tutorial: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/Tutorial/00_Preface.htm dBASE Web Tutorial: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/WebTutorial/00_Menu.htm dBASE DOS to Windows Tutorial: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/DtoWTutorial/00_Menu.htm