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leighbythesea2

(1,288 posts) Mon Mar 10, 2025, 10:49 AM Mar 10

19yr old DOGEbag, 1978 VISTA programming@ VA [View all]

“I wish I could have been a fly on the wall the moment a 19 year old DOGEbag got access to the VA system only to realize the VA still uses VISTA - a proprietary MUMPS-based programming language from 1978.”

Am not a programmer, but worked for a software company once & really enjoy reading their takes.

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19yr old DOGEbag, 1978 VISTA programming@ VA [View all] leighbythesea2 Mar 10 OP

Ha ha heh...they should have already known this, most of the Fed's computer systems are outdated, they never have SWBTATTReg Mar 10 #1

whatever the excuses put forward stopdiggin Mar 10 #2

It's not only a software problem. MineralMan Mar 10 #3

Because the time and effort to transcribe millions of records haele Mar 10 #9

I lay hands on and spend a moment of silence with my signed copy of... Hugin Mar 10 #4

Memory was precious in years gone by Zorro Mar 10 #5

Yes, working in bits and bytes... Hugin Mar 10 #6

Testing? What's that? TexasTowelie Mar 10 #7

Replacement already in progress... yowzayowzayowza Mar 10 #8

I've been there myself jmowreader Mar 10 #10

Sweet talk leighbythesea2 Mar 10 #12

Well they don't have to use the VISTA programming language. Jacson6 Mar 10 #11

Sitting here just quietly laughing. Bantamfancier Mar 10 #13