From: arne@vajhoej.dk

On 11/30/2025 4:04 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 11/30/2025 2:21 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> I would deem MUMPS obsolete as well today even though it is still
>> used in healthcare and a little bit in finance.
>
> This is sort of OK:
>
> test()
>    for i=1:1:3 do
>      . write "Hi from Mumps!",!
>    quit
>
> But if we abbreviate commands as Mumps allow then it becomes
> practically unreadable for those not knowing Mumps:
>
> test2()
>    f i=1:1:3 d
>      . w "Hi from Mumps!",!
>    q

The selling point is the automatic persistence of global
variables:

$ type globinit.m
globinit()
   set ^v=0
   set ^m("xyz")="ABC"
   quit
$ mumps globinit
$ link globinit
$ run globinit
$ type glob.m
glob()
   set ^v=^v+1
   write ^v,!
   set ^m("xyz")=^m("xyz")_"."
   write ^m("xyz"),!
   quit
$ mumps glob
$ link glob
$ run glob
1
ABC.

$ run glob
2
ABC..

$ run glob
3
ABC...

Arne

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