John Lewkowicz

Published January, 1989 by Prentice Hall PTR (ECS Professional)

Copyright 1989, 500 pp.
Paper
ISBN 0-13-162125-4

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This volume provides a complete introduction and reference manual for MUMPS -- an especially effective programming language for managing data and communicating information between widely disparate units within an organization.




explores MUMPS's unique file structure -- in which data are stored on disk in the form of sparse hierarchical arrays.
shows how the arrays can be shared simultaneously by all applications in a multiuser MUMPS environment.
explains how MUMPS supports powerful string functions for manipulating text-oriented data and an extremely flexible input/output environment.

1. Introduction to MUMPS.
2. The MUMPS Environment.
3. MUMPS Commands.
4. Data Structures.
5. Expressions.
6. MUMPS Syntax.
7. Indirection.
8. Intrinsic Functions.
9. Parameter Passing and Extrinsic Functions.
10. Advanced Global Techniques.
11. MUMPS Internals.
12. Device Input/Output.
13. Error Processing.
14. The Evolving Language.
Appendix A: ASCII Character Set.
Appendix B: Selected MUMPS References.
Appendix C: Summary of MUMPS Commands.
Appendix D: Summary of MUMPS Intrinsic Functions.
Appendix E: Summary of MUMPS Operators.
Appendix F: Summary of System Variables.
Appendix G: Documentation for Selected Subroutines.
Appendix H: RS-232 Devices.
Appendix I: Terminal Functions.
Index.

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