Overview of the More Difficult-to-Translate MUMPS Language Features
Interpretation
The successful transformation of the Xecute verb required development of a mini-MUMPS interpreter written for Java. This interpreter was invoked with whatever string expression (usually dynamically created) was originally passed to the MUMPS Xecute command.
Utilizing this solution, TSRI develop a 100% automated MUMPS to Java conversion. The approaches described for both indirection and Xecute are available for all future MUMPS transformations as these (and many other) language-specific transformation rules are part of the TSRI core toolset:
- For-loop constructs
- MUMPS indirection
- Use of DO and GOTO with indirection arguments
- G @X, D @X
- Indirection assignment ...
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