>>The VA is a prime example of antiquated government computing; its main systems run on a 1960s vintage system called MUMPS, a dead digital language that few people under retirement age know how to use.
This is simply untrue. This language is now called 'M', and has been standardized as recently as 2005. All of TD Ameritrade's trades are processed on an M database.
M was doing NoSQL, web-scale computing on commodity hardware before many of us were even born. It can integrate with NodeJS (http://www.kitware.com/blog/home/post/465).
This is simply untrue. This language is now called 'M', and has been standardized as recently as 2005. All of TD Ameritrade's trades are processed on an M database.
M was doing NoSQL, web-scale computing on commodity hardware before many of us were even born. It can integrate with NodeJS (http://www.kitware.com/blog/home/post/465).
Look into Rob Tweed's ongoing work with M (http://gradvs1.mgateway.com/download/mumps-acceptable.pdf) http://www.mgateway.com/docs/universalNoSQL.pdf http://robtweed.wordpress.com/