OK. I was incorrect re the reason it hasn't already been done. I think the estimate was >100 person-years to convert the code.
Kevin On 6/14/06, Will Yonker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <quote who="Gregory Woodhouse"> > > > > On Jun 14, 2006, at 3:27 PM, Dan wrote: > > > >> Unless you wanted to rewrite hundreds of thousands of lines of code > >> that > >> access the database (directly or through FM APIs) you'd have to > >> write some > >> kind of low level abstraction layer that would intercept global > >> commands > >> from MUMPS and hand them off to the foreign database. > > > > That's the real issue. It's not a matter of whether MUMPS/Fileman is > > inherently superior to another technology -- VistA is simply already > > written using Fileman and the coupling is incredibly tight. > > That does sound like a lot of work. Am I correct in guessing that any > work in that direction would cause a fork in the project? Would the VA > developers be willing to use an API designed for such a purpose? That > would require some learning on their part with little or no immediate > benefit to them... > > > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
