I am very confused by this comment. While I do find the Wolfram language difficult to read and generally obfuscated, it definitely has a ton of advanced functio

I am very confused by this comment. While I do find the Wolfram language difficult to read and generally obfuscated, it definitely has a ton of advanced functional constructs. If anything, simple pattern matching is the main way I used to write code in Mathematica. Among the typical "scientific computing" languages, Wolfram is the only one that has "cool" functional programming tricks as the standard way to solve a problem in it. 1: https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/RulesAndPatterns.html https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/RulesAndPattern... P.S. Seriously! The amazing functional style of Mathematica is pretty much the one thing I like about it.