Now this is just insulting. If I was to throw C++, or Ruby, or Python up on the screen and you didn't know that language then of course it would look strange. To a Mumps programmer this is very easy to read. It's terse single letter commands makes writing and debuging the code very quick and easy. I would also add you picked a routine that was dedicated to a very difficult process of figuring out after a hospital stay what the patient owes for payment. So do you think it would be possible to make this easy to read in any language. Hell it isn't easy to understand when spoken in english
Problem with coding a replacement is that no other language can handle the amount of data as fast as MUMPS and it's variants.
It's simply put the most powerful database language on the planet, and those in the Medical and Banking industries no this.
I'm so sorry, but you are completely wrong. MUMPS is not the language you think it is. Yes there are some old school aspects, but it has variables, and it can process lines in any order you want. It lends itself to object oriented coding very easily.
However the bottom line is, it is the number one fastest database language out there. In addition it's used predominantly in the Banking field, as well as the medical field. You should be more careful about your comments.
When MUMPS was first created 30 years ago some of what you said was true, but the GT.M version of MUMPS is actually more like Python than anything else.
It's a very powerful database language, and that is why it's still alive, inspite of a lot of misinformation like what you are spreading.
The internet is a source of good info. It has timely news that in addition to quick availablity is also searchable, so I get only the news I want. However the amount of BAD info on the net is enormous. Anyone who has any doubt about this just check the validity of the last batch of internet factoids some friend spammed them with. Now subscription journals aside (remember the subject line) you are pretty much trusting that whoever posted info has a clue as to what they are talking about, and though there are a great many that do, unfortunately there are even more that don't. Books were submitted by and author, and the publisher decided that it was worthy of print. The editor decided how it was written was acceptable. If the book is in a library a librarian decided it was worthy of the shelf. So counting the author that makes at the very least 4 people that looked at the work. In reality that number is far larger. On the net the number is a total of 1. So libraries and pay services will always be generally better than the net itself.
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Now this is just insulting. If I was to throw C++, or Ruby, or Python up on the screen and you didn't know that language then of course it would look strange. To a Mumps programmer this is very easy to read. It's terse single letter commands makes writing and debuging the code very quick and easy. I would also add you picked a routine that was dedicated to a very difficult process of figuring out after a hospital stay what the patient owes for payment. So do you think it would be possible to make this easy to read in any language. Hell it isn't easy to understand when spoken in english
Problem with coding a replacement is that no other language can handle the amount of data as fast as MUMPS and it's variants. It's simply put the most powerful database language on the planet, and those in the Medical and Banking industries no this.
I'm so sorry, but you are completely wrong. MUMPS is not the language you think it is. Yes there are some old school aspects, but it has variables, and it can process lines in any order you want. It lends itself to object oriented coding very easily. However the bottom line is, it is the number one fastest database language out there. In addition it's used predominantly in the Banking field, as well as the medical field. You should be more careful about your comments. When MUMPS was first created 30 years ago some of what you said was true, but the GT.M version of MUMPS is actually more like Python than anything else. It's a very powerful database language, and that is why it's still alive, inspite of a lot of misinformation like what you are spreading.
The internet is a source of good info. It has timely news that in addition to quick availablity is also searchable, so I get only the news I want. However the amount of BAD info on the net is enormous. Anyone who has any doubt about this just check the validity of the last batch of internet factoids some friend spammed them with. Now subscription journals aside (remember the subject line) you are pretty much trusting that whoever posted info has a clue as to what they are talking about, and though there are a great many that do, unfortunately there are even more that don't. Books were submitted by and author, and the publisher decided that it was worthy of print. The editor decided how it was written was acceptable. If the book is in a library a librarian decided it was worthy of the shelf. So counting the author that makes at the very least 4 people that looked at the work. In reality that number is far larger. On the net the number is a total of 1. So libraries and pay services will always be generally better than the net itself.