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> I can't help but feel that the Wolfram Language is less of a programming language and more of a DSL for querying a very precisely defined set of data. If wha
by ecfxixiuabhyqnm 10y ago
> I can't help but feel that the Wolfram Language is less of a programming language and more of a DSL for querying a very precisely defined set of data.
If what you're thinking about is Entity and EntityValue, you can't be more wrong: the built-in data is so slow it's impossible to use, even Wolfram employee steer away from it when giving presentations. You clearly can't give a demo where returning a bunch of missing data takes several seconds.
If by 'data' you mean a certain library of algorithmic content, then you might be onto something.
- nv-vn 10y agoWell, both here really. But the amounts of data normally showed in demos is a bit over the top. Showing me that you can color states on the map of the US in 3 lines of code is not impressive when you already have the map data set up in order to be colored. The interesting part of the problem is finding the boundaries and creating shapes to color using that. The algorithmic content also detracts from the examples showing programmatic thinking, but not to the same extent.