Thanks, David. I knew it was something like that.
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> Chris,
> according to my copy of the millenium standard you are talking
> about an embedded XXX program. Where XXX=SQL or Z[unspecified].
> if an embedded SQL program was used, it must conform to the
> syntax in the standard X3.135 , Other values for XXX such as
> FORTRAN or PYTHON were reserved for future extensions of M.
>
> The syntax for an embedded program thus would be something like:
>
> &SQL( exttext ) where exttext ::= any graphic character
> embedded eols (end of lines) had to be followed by &
>
> so an example might be:
>
> &SQL(
> & SELECT * FROM PATIENT
> & )
>
> The & beginning a line was expected to be stripped out or replaced by
> some other graphic characters if the Embedded program's syntax needed
this.
>
> David
>
> >
> > Greg;
> >
> > There is already a means of breaking out to other languages in-line
(at
> > least the start of a mechanism). See the SQL standard concerning
interface
> > with MUMPS. I believe we passed some standards work on this about
1990.
> > It goes something like this;
> >
> > &&SQL{
> > SQL Code follows
> > } ; To break out of the SQL and back to MUMPS.
> >
> > There was also accommodation to pass arguments in, but the return of
a
> > value was still in progress (if memory serves).
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Greg Woodhouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Hardhats" <hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 9:19 AM
> > Subject: [Hardhats-members] Backward compatible extensions to MUMPS?
> >
> >
> > > Someone (James Gray?) mentioned that Cache uses braces to delimit
"new"
> > > code (and presumbly they serve as block delimiters, too). I had been
> > > thinking of a command that could be used to put the interpreter in
> > > "compatibility mode" (rather like 8088 compatibility on a Pentium),
but
> > > this solution does seem simpler.
> > >
> > > But, in any case, the language can certainly be extended without
> > > breaking VistA.
> > >
> > >
> > > ===
> > > Gregory Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more
> > > to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."
> > > -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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