CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search This article is about the programming language. For other uses, see Mumps (disambiguation) . MUMPS Paradigm Procedural Designed by Neil Pappalardo First appeared 1966 Stable release ANSI X11.1-1995 / December 8, 1995 ( 1995-12-08 ) Typing discipline Typeless OS Cross-platform Influenced by JOSS Influenced PSL , Caché ObjectScript MUMPS ( M assachusetts General Hospital U tility M ulti- P rogramming S ystem ) or alternatively M , is a general-purpose computer programming language that provides ACID (Atomic, Consistent, Isolated, and Durable) transaction processing. Its differentiating feature is its "built-in" database, enabling high-level access to disk storage using simple symbolic program variables and subscripted arrays , similar to the variables u...