On Oct 15, 2005, at 1:00 PM, steven mcphelan wrote:
I would agree with you Greg. Without the global structure why
would one
chose M over another language which is much more common, more thrid
party
tools, etc., etc. etc. But the inclusion of globals makes M a very
powerful
tool in the right hands. It has proven itself more efficient and
faster
than most others in the task for which it was originally designed
which was
a language to support database applications.
My point wasn't to be negative ("There's nothing good about MUMPS but
globals") but to screen out the "obvious" answer to "What do you like
about MUMPS?" Lately, I've been thinking about functional languages
and how very large persistent lists might be handled. No, it's no
accident that I was just now installing HUGS. I have a great time
working with Scheme (a LISP dialect), but decided it was about time I
learned ML or Haskell.
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