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He'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
by Volt 9y ago
He'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.