# Syntax

As to the syntax, THE MQL5 language for programming trading strategies is very much similar to the C++ programming language, except for some features:

- no address arithmetic;
- no goto operator;
- an anonymous enumeration can't be declared;
- no multiple inheritance.

See also

[Enumerations](/en/docs/basis/types/integer/enumeration), [Structures and Classes](/en/docs/basis/types/classes), [Inheritance](/en/docs/basis/oop/inheritance)