Do you want to? If you already have a reasonable amount of programming experience (and you do), then picking up MUMPS should be a snap. Learning Fileman is the hard part, not because it's complicated but because it requires a bit of a different mind set. It's a lot like learning an object oriented language like Java where it often takes a bit of time before you "get it". You're the MD. I'm just a software developer. If you want to work with (or just understand) VistA internals, I'd say to go for it. On the other hand, you shouldn't feel that you need to learn MUMPS (or Delphi or Java) to work with VistA. If you do, that means that there is a problem with VistA.
I learned C, Pascal and some Lisp in college, but had never even heard of MUMPS before taking this job. I learned the language in one of the (excellent) courses offered by Greg Kreis' company. The book they gave all of us is the (perhaps a bit dated, but still good) "The Complete MUMPS" by John Lewkowicz. A co-worker of mine lent me his copy of Walters' textbook, and I was very impressed. That would be my first recommendation. --- Alberto Odor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it worth it to learn MUMPS for those of us interested in > OpenVistA, VistA > Office etc? > > > > If so, where is the best place to start? I learned Fortrand and BASIC > many > years ago and latter did some programming in Visual Basic. > > > > I subscribed tu the MUMPS mailing list at the University of Georgia, > but it > seems to have a very low traffic. > > > > Alberto Odor > > Mexico City > > === Gregory Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Design quality doesn't ensure success, but design failure can ensure failure." --Kent Beck ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
