[Info-vax] Meditech in the news

[Dave Froble]

On 1/7/2022 1:57 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2022-01-06, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>> On 1/6/2022 10:46 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> One may not like MUMPS and its variants.
>>
>> For those with an strong desire to try MUMPS aka M on VMS, then:
>>
>> https://sourceforge.net/projects/fis-gtm/files/GT.M-Alpha-OpenVMS/V6.2-001/
>>
>
> After a 5-minute read of the Mumps language syntax, I have come to
> the conclusion that it makes TECO look user-friendly. :-)
>
> The total of my Mumps knowledge has been acquired over the last few
> minutes and is based on the following:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUMPS#Summary_of_key_language_features
>
> I really don't like the dynamic nature of variables and the dynamic
> way they are created when first referenced. It makes Mumps look more
> like a scripting language than an application programming language.
>
> Simon.
>

Some people may prefer to have the computer do as much of the work as possible. 
While you may prefer something like Ada, many do not agree with you.

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