CVMJJR@VTVM2.BITNET (Jim Rooney) (01/23/87)
About MUMPS being a dinosaur: yes it is true that MUMPS is unstructured, it is even CASE SENSITIVE, not recognizing a variable such as 'user' when it should be 'USER'. However, in the hands of a good programmer, who believes in structured programming and good documentation (including inline), MUMPS can be a powerful RDBMS tool. We use a version of MUMPS which (unknown to the user) is compiled into "micro-code" when a routine is filed. This greatly speeds up an otherwise interpreted language. If anyone would like to see an example of MUMPS code, write me and I'll send it to you. Also, there is a MUMPS discussion list on BITNET. Send mail with the following command to LISTSERV@UGA.BITNET: SUB MUMPS-L <userid@node.domain> <your name> Now, enough of MUMPS bashing and praising, lets get back to VAX stuff... Jim Rooney Programmer, Computer Services Virginia/Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine