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You mean like Macsyma, now Maxima, where he probably got some early ideas from?
by blihp 8y ago
You mean like Macsyma, now Maxima, where he probably got some early ideas from?
- sedachv 8y agoMathematica (SMP) started out as a Macsyma clone. Here is a anecdote of how Wolfram went about this with his usual humility: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.lang.lisp/BUxXH76CYdc/IunywkAxufMJ https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.lang.lisp/BUxXH76CYdc/I...
- blihp 8y agoThat's a more direct way of making my point ;-) I don't recall seeing that Pitman post before... good stuff. Interesting to see that Wolfram always had his <cough> confidence.