Microsoft renames its 'D' language 'M'

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Brilliant move ... Duh!

Brilliant move! There's already a language named M, formerly known as MUMPS. The Veterans Administration (now Dept. of Veterans Affairs) wrote its DHCP (Decentralized Hospital Computer Program) in M and SAIC used that as the basis for the CHCS program for the active military in the late 1980's. IBM used to sell MUMPS and DSM Digital Standard MUMPS from DEC was basically the industry standard. It was an ISO Standard language. I believe it now goes mainly under the name CACHE, as Intersystems bought up all its competitors, which were Datatree, MGlobal, Micronetics and Digital's implementation. (IBM licensed Micronetics' version.)

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