MUMPS language standard
Joseph T O'Neill · 1976
MUMPS, an acronym for Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi¬ programming System, is a high-level, interactive computer program¬ ming language developed for use in complex data handling operations.Part I of this Standard, the MUMPS Language Specification, MDC/28, contains the narrative description of the MUMPS language which was adopted and approved for publication as a Type A release of the MUMPS Development Committee on March 12, 1975; it supersedes the Partial MUMPS Language Standard, MDC/25, of October 14, 1974 and the more recent marked proposal, titled Interim MUMPS Language Specifi¬ cation, MDC 1/8, of February 10, 1975.Part II, the MUMPS Transition Diagrams, MDC/33, consists of a formal definition of the language described in Part I.It was adopted and approved for publication as a Type A release of the MUMPS Develop¬ ment Committee on September 17, 1975; it supersedes the earlier pub¬ lications with the same title, numbered MDC 1/9 and dated March 12, 1975 and August 8, 1975.Part III, the MUMPS Portability Requirements, MDC/34, identifies constraints on MUMPS programs and implementations required for port¬ ability of MUMPS application code.