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The VA took MUMPS and created a DBMS out of it, which would allow one to define the schema and then use utilities to automatically update indices. It is much n
by jsgrahamus53 10y ago
The VA took MUMPS and created a DBMS out of it, which would allow one to define the schema and then use utilities to automatically update indices.
It is much nicer when the system remembers to do that for you.
There were gotchas in the language that required you to understand it and play ball its way. Not unlike other languages I've seen. The payback was trememdous flexibility and performance on minimal (for today) systems.