MUMPS Syntax - Overview

Overview

There have been several revisions to the MUMPS language standard between 1975 and 1999. The basic language structure has remained constant. The language standard can be viewed at Annotated MUMPS Language Standard, with examples of use in the online book MUMPS By Example. MUMPS was early used for multi-user and multi-tasking work. Today, a PC running MUMPS can behave much as a large minicomputer of former years. Early versions of MUMPS did not require large memory or disk capacities and so were practical on smaller machines than some other systems required.