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Mumps programmers are mostly old and gray haired, retiring and becoming a scarce resource. |
Mumps programmers are mostly old and gray haired, retiring and becoming a scarce resource. |
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The [http://vistaexpertise.net Vista Expertise Network] is teaching Mumps and beginning a mentorship program. |
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For the OLPC [http://wiki.laptop.org/index.php?title=WorldVistA WorldVistA] project we are using the open source GT.M Mumps compiler. |
For the OLPC [http://wiki.laptop.org/index.php?title=WorldVistA WorldVistA] project we are using the open source GT.M Mumps compiler. |
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Revision as of 01:21, 28 January 2008
Mumps
Mumps is a programming language used primarily in medical and financial information systems.
The back server for VistA the medical information system is written in Mumps.
Mumps is an old language. It was born in the days when a 16-bit address space was the state of the art in minicomputers. It shows its age. I has been called obsolete, ugly, ... It is not a fashionable language.
Mumps programmers are mostly old and gray haired, retiring and becoming a scarce resource.
The Vista Expertise Network is teaching Mumps and beginning a mentorship program.
For the OLPC WorldVistA project we are using the open source GT.M Mumps compiler.