Well, having had books in the past from other forms of the BASIC language, some of which I won't disclose, I can say simply put that having the Beginner's Guide for DB would help to a point, not as a complete ground up on the BASIC language itself. I have a good knowledge on other forms of BASIC, like QB, VB, LB, and so on, which most books I've seen cover.
However, to convert the code structure from those forms of BASIC to DB, I propose that there should be a book for those who are familiar to BASIC that would like to convert from QB or VB to DB, that there should be a way to learn the DB language vs. the other BASIC languages. I'm trying to convert to DB myself, which is difficult, having programmed in VB and QB a long time. Of course, both of those have been hung up to dry, so to speak, they are sort of getting old.
Having said that, this book may help to start DB from the ground up, but there should be a second book geared towards those who've been there with other BASIC languages that would like to convert to DB, and learn the ropes of getting into DB without too much hassle. That sounds like a winner to me.
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