☜	Foreword 1990 Version of ANSI Standard					☞

Foreword

(This Foreword is not part of American National Standard ANSI/MDC X11.1–1990.)

MUMPS, an acronym for Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System, is a high-level interactive computer programming language developed for use in complex data handling operations. The MUMPS Development Committee has accepted responsibility for creation and maintenance of the language since early 1973. The first ANSI approved standard was approved Sept. 15, 1977 via the canvass method. The standard was revised and approved again on November 15, 1984. Subsequently, the MUMPS Development Committee has met several times annually to consider revisions to the standard. The new revisions were submitted to ANSI for processing via the canvass method on March 20, 1989. Approval was granted on November 11, 1990.

Document preparation was performed by the MUMPS Development Committee. Suggestions for improvement of this standard are welcome. They should be submitted to the MUMPS Development Committee, c/o MDC Secretariat, 4321 Hartwick Road, Suite 100, College Park, MD 20740.

The reader shall note that $Text is not entirely backwards compatible with previous versions of this standard. Specifically, the following phrase was removed from the description of the result of $Text, “ls replaced by one SP”. This change has the effect of preserving the indentation of command lines. Routines which expect $Text to remove all extraneous spaces before the first command in a line will have to be modified.

The reader shall note that $Next may be removed from the next revision of this standard. The use of $Order instead of $Next is strongly encouraged.

Consensus for approval of this standard as an American National Standard was achieved through the use of the Canvass Method. The following organizations represent the Canvass List.

Organization
AICCP
American Library Assoc
ANSI X3
Bell, Mitchell
Braughler, Denver
Bristol-Meyers Co
Bull HN Info Sys Inc
Center For Biostatistics
Computerized Medical Systems
Connections Group, Ltd
Cornell Univ
Crusader Info Sys
Crystalline Creations, Inc
DataTree, Inc
Davidson, Fred T
DI*Star Medical Systems Corp
Digital Equipment Corp
DMSSC
Educational Systems Inc
Elderkin, David
Exchange Carriers Stds Assn
Fenner, Stanley
Forrey, Arden
George Washington Univ Med Ctr
Greystone Tech Corp
GSA - ADTS
Guide, Intl - American Management Systems
Health Care Mgmt Counselors
Health Data Sciences Corp
Heffernan, Henry
IBM
IDX
Indian Health Services
Interactive Software Products
Interactive Technology Inc
InterSystems Corp
Isotech
J Gerald McManus, Inc
Johns Hopkins Health Plan
Johnson Wax
Kbase Systems
Klein, James R
Lawrence Berkeley Lab
M Systems Plus Inc
Maryland Medical Lab
Mass General Hospital
Mass Inst of Technology
Med-Check Labs
Metcalf, Roger
Meyn Consulting
MGlobal
Micah Systems Inc
Micronetics Design Corp
Mitre Corp
NIST
O’Gorman, Kevin
Omnicom Inc
Online Computer Systems Inc
Online Medical Networks
Pioneer Data Sys
Plus Five Computer Svcs
Polylogics Consulting
Pyramid Technology
Quality Data Services
Ream, Norman J
Ruh, Lawrence A
SAIC
Sakowitz Computer Lab
SBS-International
Scott White Clinic
Shared Medical Systems
Shefrin, Elliot A
Smith, Tony W
Smith-Kline Bio-Sciences Lab
St Joseph Health Sys
Texas Instruments
Thomas E Harris & Co
Todd, Michael L
Unisys Corp
Univ of Alabama
Univ of California - Davis
Univ of California - Santa Barbara
Univ of Missouri
Univ of Washington
US Dept of Defense
Veterans Administration - Bedford, MA
Veterans Administration - Birmingham, AL
Veterans Administration - Great Lakes Region
Veterans Administration - Jackson, MS
Veterans Administration - Lexington, KY
Veterans Administration - Washington, DC
Vogt, Michael C
Volkstorf, Charles S

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