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Re:The Mumps Programming Language by DanielFallon on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @02:47AM (#13874268)
really? I think that depends on where you're at in the company. many touch M code on the daily, and while you don't set globals directly, I think ORM is generous for any of the systems that I know you are describing
Re:The Mumps Programming Language by nwhatt on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @10:40AM (#13876407)
Really? Did you ever create a new master file? Even an item? There are literally a million lifecycle hooks and item metadata properties available.

If Chronicles was open sourced tomorrow, it probably wouldn't make the front page of HN, but it is extremely feature rich tool that fits perfectly into the Epic ecosystem. That's true of most things that Epic develops.