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The EWD Files
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The EWD Files is a personal blog at robtweed.wordpress.com about programming and data. Since 2013, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times. The last post was in 2017, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog as a practitioner's defence of MUMPS, now called M, covering its modern standards and its use as a database technology.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Enterprise Web Development: Javascript, NoSQL and Big Data
What Hacker News says?
You're referring to legacy MUMPS code. It's possible to write it more expressively (why do you think the examples on Wikipedia are like that?) People don't usually capture that nuance, sadly because many people don't care. Yes, it's a bear to sift through poorly written MUMPS code. Yes, the language gives you more than enough rope to hang yourself. However, it's also possible to write code legibly and take advantage…
Comment linking /2013/05/24/making-mumps-acceptable-to-the-mainstream/
on “The Worst Programming Environment in the World?”Submitted NODE.JS CAKE: Removing Technical Limitations and Developer Complexities of Node.js as a story · 3 points
HN discussionA more coherent response from someone who actually uses MUMPS: https://robtweed.wordpress.com/2012/10/21/a-case-of-the-mump...
Comment linking /2012/10/21/a-case-of-the-mumps/
on “The Mumps Programming Language”Unpopular opinion: I actually really like working in MUMPS, which is now just called M. I develop in M every day. There are modern ANSI standards for the language, and several private vendors and open source implementations. There are 2 things I like about M: 1. It has limited commands and is whitespace-aware - Newer developers can jump right into M, precisely because it lacks higher-level abstractions like first-cl…
Comment linking /2012/10/24/i-have-seen-the-future-and-its-node-js-shaped/
on “The Mumps Programming Language”For a modern view on Mumps as a database technology and the future (or not) of its language, see my blog at http://robtweed.wordpress.com Also see: http://www.mgateway.com/docs/universalNoSQL.pdf
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on “I am a MUMPS programmer – Ask me anything”>>The VA is a prime example of antiquated government computing; its main systems run on a 1960s vintage system called MUMPS, a dead digital language that few people under retirement age know how to use. This is simply untrue. This language is now called 'M', and has been standardized as recently as 2005. All of TD Ameritrade's trades are processed on an M database. M was doing NoSQL, web-scale computing on commodity…
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on “America’s Tech Guru Steps Down, But He’s Not Done Rebooting the Government”