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MUMPS is a really fascinating system to study. It has some good ideas (integrating data storage and the application implicitly with operating system management,
by justinjlynn 5y ago
MUMPS is a really fascinating system to study. It has some good ideas (integrating data storage and the application implicitly with operating system management, sort of a protofilesystem) and some really bad ones (every datatype is basically just a string >_>). It's very clearly a first generation system but the fact that it has stuck around in its applications a bit longer than it should've is, at the very least, a point of interest.
FWIW, healthcare does integrate new tech relatively rapidly if it provides a sea-change in patient care and, primarily and somewhat less fortunately, profitability.
- shakna 5y ago> FWIW, healthcare does integrate new tech relatively rapidly if it provides a sea-change in patient care and, primarily and somewhat less fortunately, profitability. One of the issues when it comes to healthcare, unfortunately, is that inefficiency in technology is often a driver of profitability. Removing inefficiencies in certain sectors has a noticeable downwards effect on profits, but a less noticeable effect on improving patient outcomes. Overall care may be increased, but generally over much longer and harder to measure terms.
- throw0101a 5y ago> some really bad ones (every datatype is basically just a string >_>). Tcl says hello. :) * https://wiki.tcl-lang.org/page/everything+is+a+string https://wiki.tcl-lang.org/page/everything+is+a+string * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21377517 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21377517
- throwawy5777 5y ago> every datatype is basically just a string Wow! Like they invented nosql ahead of its time