On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 21:49:14 -0400
Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Can anyone suggest  a programming tool that is reasonably easy to
> understand and preferably cheap...like free....
> I have a program that I wrote a few years ago, written in Dbase3 and
> Clipper, which works in DOS, but although it can be read under windows
> XP it cannot be worked on  due to access to clipper for compiling.
> I would like to look at rewriting it in a language that would work in
> Linux. It is a reasonably large program with over 17000 lines in it and
> uses around 100 databases and associated Index files.
> Any suggestions please??
> 
> Alan
> 
Personally, I'd suggest php and mysql. Good place to start. Other languages are 
better, as are oher RDBMSes - but there's loads of tools, and loads of support 
for these 2.

Steve

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