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0 pointseasrng3y ago0 comments

Still can barely believe MUMPS is real tbh, first saw it on TDWTF and I thought it was a joke at first.

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Coming from today's world, sure. But in 1966, a language with a built-in database was a godsend and there were no standard language conventions to adopt (C was still several years away and only COBOL and Fortran were in wide use).

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0 pointseasrng3y ago0 comments

Still can barely believe MUMPS is real tbh, first saw it on TDWTF and I thought it was a joke at first.

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ternaryoperator3y ago

Coming from today's world, sure. But in 1966, a language with a built-in database was a godsend and there were no standard language conventions to adopt (C was still several years away and only COBOL and Fortran were in wide use).

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