Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site tymix.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!houxm!houxz!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!oliveb!tymix!stimac From: stimac@tymix.UUCP (Michael Stimac) Newsgroups: net.decus Subject: MUMPS language question - some general comments Message-ID: <245@tymix.UUCP> Date: Fri, 8-Jun-84 12:57:59 EDT Article-I.D.: tymix.245 Posted: Fri Jun 8 12:57:59 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Jun-84 01:20:32 EDT Organization: Tymshare Inc., Cupertino CA Lines: 20 <.....> 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 )