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Subject: Aida language(?)
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Date: Thu, 9-May-85 17:20:58 EDT
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Subject:  Aida


>> Does anyone know about the Aida computer language used in Sweden?

Last summer at the MUMPS Users Group convention in Philadelphia, there 
was a demonstration of a Database management system called Aida, 
written in MUMPS by J.S. Duisterhout and B. Franken of the Dept. of 
Medical Informatics, Free University, Amsterdam, Holland.

Aida stands for Applied Interactive Design of Applications, and 
consists of a set of modules designed to speed up development of 
medical research applications.  It's basically a program generator 
which allows the application developer to create a relational database 
with data entry screens which validate and file data items.

One of the most interesting features of Aida is the fact that it's 
designed to be language independent.  With very little effort the 
programmer can alter the system so that the prompts appear in French, 
German, Dutch, English, or any other language the system knows about.

For further information on Aida contact the authors listed above.  For 
further information on the MUMPS language contact the MUMPS Users 
Group, 4321 Hartwick Road, Suite 510, College Park, MD.  20740

Robert Craig
Medical Systems Group
Digital Equipment Corp.
Two Iron Way
Marlboro, Ma.  01752