Re: O'Reilly interview with Date
From: Kenneth Downs <knode.wants.this_at_see.sigblock>
Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 11:10:59 -0400
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> man
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> Who invented MUMPS?
Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 11:10:59 -0400
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David Cressey wrote:
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> "Kenneth Downs" <knode.wants.this_at_see.sigblock> wrote in message
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>> I had the good fortune to get some private programming lessons from the
> man
>> who invented MUMPS, he told me "minimize code, maximize data!" and it is >> probably the most consistently solid, flexible, and overall useful bit of >> advice I've ever gotten.
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> Who invented MUMPS?
It was my good fortune to meet a few times with Pappalardo. He shares credit with others. From the wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUMPS
is this quote:
"Early development of MUMPS is credited to A. Neil Pappalardo and Octo Barnett of Massachusetts General Hospital."
-- Kenneth Downs Secure Data Software, Inc. (Ken)nneth_at_(Sec)ure(Dat)a(.com)Received on Thu Aug 04 2005 - 17:10:59 CEST