MUMPS Programming

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MUMPS is a programming language. It is named after the acronym Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming Systems.

If you have programmed before and would like to see a little bit of how MUMPS works and is different from other programming languages, you can get an overview.

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[edit] Beginning MUMPS

Basic Concepts
Variables
Simple Input and Output
Simple math in MUMPS
Program Flow
Procedures and Functions
Libraries
Standard libraries
Further math in MUMPS
Basics of Compilation
Exercises

[edit] In-depth MUMPS ideas

Pointers and relationship to arrays
String Manipulation
Programming Structure and Style
MUMPS complex types
Memory Management
Error Catching
Variable Indirection
closures and Xecution of data

[edit] MUMPS and beyond

Language Overloading and Extensions
Combining Languages
Commented Source Code Library
Personal tools
Namespaces
Variants
Actions
Navigation
Community
Toolbox
Sister projects
Print/export