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PhilF
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Certainly, Thomas. ABL is not hard to learn -- and the docs are a bit better there. But that's a different world. Simply getting a trial system and reading the docs is the way a lot of new programmers learn a system. That's how I got started with Progress. I don't think I could do that today. If you (or someone like you) hired me, getting started would be much easier. Put me in a room with experienced users who can guide me past the rough spots, who will direct me to what I should read and what I should ignore, and who can answer the "stupid" questions without my having to spend hours searching for them -- and I would would be up to speed fairly quickly. This community can stand in stead of such a room, but I don't like to ask questions here unless I cannot answer them myself. I can sometimes spend hours/days in the attempt. It is not my intention to disparage Progress; I would rather see it succeed beyond my wildest imaginings. But a few things need to happen first, and this is one of them.
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