The MUMPS 76 Primer – anniversary edition

The MUMPS Primer is an anniversary edition tutorial covering the 1976 standard of MUMPS, a programming language created in 1966 at Massachusetts General Hospital to enable real-time, multi-user access to patient data on limited hardware. The primer provides comprehensive coverage of MUMPS fundamentals including its unique characteristics (built-in database, string-based operations, left-to-right evaluation), commands, functions, variables, and practical program structure. The guide serves as both an introductory tutorial and reference manual for understanding this integrated system that combined programming language, operating system, file system, and database functionality in a single environment.