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From: stimac@tymix.UUCP (Michael Stimac)
Newsgroups: net.decus
Subject: MUMPS language question - some general comments
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Date: Fri, 8-Jun-84 12:57:59 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun  8 12:57:59 1984
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Someone asked about MUMPS and what it is like. I had the good fortune
to have an opportunity to learn to program in MUMPS a couple years ago.
What is it like? Well, imagine something like Basic, only designed by
some *good* programmers with a sense of humor.

MUMPS is an integrated programming language / command language /
data base access language, and it WORKS! What some people may consider
a drawback is that it is interpreted. However, spiffy one-off programs
can be written and debugged very quickly; and rather elaborate data
base intense applications can be designed, implemented, and (importantly)
modified with comparative ease.

I am obviously a MUMPS enthusiast; I think it would be an ideal language
for typical home/personal computer use.

Michael D. Stimac
(....hplabs!oliveb!tymix!stimac )