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Relevant WTF post: http://thedailywtf.com/articles/A_Case_of_the_MUMPS

Follow-ups:

http://thedailywtf.com/articles/MUMPS-Madness

http://thedailywtf.com/articles/Revenge-of-MUMPS-Madness!

"OPERATORS: No precedence, executed left to right, parenthesize as desired. 2+3*10 yields 50."

Wow. I mean... why?

Tiny little interpreter on early mini computers. You save RAM by not having to evaluate the whole expression.

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