[Info-vax] Meditech in the news

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/8/2022 1:40 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> plugh  <jchimene at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I think one of the aspects of MUmPhs that buggers newbs is that it's one of=
>> the few languages implementing content addressable memory, even to seconda=
>> ry storage. I've professionally written REXX, which is the only other such =
>> language. I'm sure there are others.
> 
> It's actually become a popular thing recently, with hashes being implemented
> in perl and python as standard data structures.  Not as extensive or
> transparent as in Mumps, mind you.

In memory hashtables/hashmaps/dictionaries/associative arrays are a
standard feature in most newer languages.

Index-sequential files/NoSQL Key Value Stores are also common across
technologies.

The combination is not common. Even though I guess that languages
that allow overloading of indexing operator could do something
similar under the hood.

Arne