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The article even has an image of the interface from 1988. > And with the release of Mathematica 1.0 in 1988 came another critical element: the invention of Wol
by kmill 9y ago
The article even has an image of the interface from 1988.
> And with the release of Mathematica 1.0 in 1988 came another critical element: the invention of Wolfram Notebooks. Notebooks arrived in a form at least superficially very similar to the way they are today (and already in many ways more sophisticated than the imitations that started appearing 25+ years later!): collections of cells arranged into groups, and capable of containing text, executable code, graphics, etc.
- jmmcd 9y agoWolfram really is a terrible liar (also very, very smart). He knows damn well that Maple had notebooks in the mid-1990s, because it was one of Mathematica's main commercial rivals, so "started appearing 25+ years later" is nothing other than a lie.
- Volt 9y agoHe's not lying. He's referring specifically to Jupyter. Read it again. That is, consider it as a reference to the specific imitations that started appearing 25+ years later. I mean, this was obvious to me, but I'm not sure if it's because you're trying to be particularly uncharitable to him for some reason.
- jmmcd 9y agoI considered that interpretation before writing and I found it impossible to read that way. For a start, "imitations" is plural, so no, it doesn't just refer to Jupyter. And "started" certainly implies that other imitations hadn't appeared before that. While I'm at it: he deserves an uncharitable reading, because he's having a dig at Jupyter (which may be an imitation of Mathematica notebooks) and neglecting to mention any influence of previous work on Mathematica notebooks, such as Knuth's literate programming.