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Mathematica is basically a programming environment for the Wolfram Language. You can think of Mathematica as a desktop version of Jupyter Notebook for Wolfram L

Mathematica is basically a programming environment for the Wolfram Language. You can think of Mathematica as a desktop version of Jupyter Notebook for Wolfram Language.

eigenspace 7y ago
I realize that. But what I said was that I'm not clear on what the 'Wolfram Engine' is and what it cannot do. It doesn't seem like a full implementation of the Wolfram Language for free, but I don't actually know. Or is it that it's missing the Mathematica front end but has a full backend kernel implementation?
- jdiez17 7y ago
  Yeah, now I understand your question. Reading the blog post made me think it would actually be a full implementation of the Wolfram Language for free. So I was curious and signed up for a developer license. I got to the confirmation page, which helpfully told me to run "WolframScript" to activate the license. But there was no download link, so I googled around and found this[1] page. They seem to only have packages for Fedora and Debian-based systems, but no biggie. I used `debtap` to convert it to a package that pacman can install, and then, moment of truth... $ wolframscript WolframKernel not found. Use -configure to set WOLFRAMSCRIPT_KERNELPATH Or export WolframKernel=/yourpath/WolframKernel Uhhh... okay? And where do I get this WolframKernel from? I looked around my Wolfram Account page, and I don't see anywhere I can get this from. Google also doesn't help me here. So... it seems you probably need a full Mathematica/Wolfram license before you can use this anyway? Well, that's disappointing. EDIT: OK, you can actually download it from [2]. My bad. [1] https://account.wolfram.com/products/downloads/wolframscript https://account.wolfram.com/products/downloads/wolframscript [2] https://www.wolfram.com/engine/ https://www.wolfram.com/engine/
  - iamcreasy 7y ago
    For me it was being downloaded in the background. Don't remember exactly which button starts the download though.
  - ras_west 7y ago
    Click the Download button on https://www.wolfram.com/developer/ https://www.wolfram.com/developer/ Its linked from the article.
    - jdiez17 7y ago
      I see, thank you. I must have clicked that link to sign up for a developer license, but somehow I don't remember being offered to download the thing. I feel silly now, but that was pretty confusing.
  - jxy 7y ago
    This the correct download page: https://www.wolfram.com/engine/ https://www.wolfram.com/engine/ You get a file `WolframEngine_12.0.0_LINUX.sh` about 1 GiB.

Mathematica is basically a programming environment for the Wolfram Language. You can think of Mathematica as a desktop version of Jupyter Notebook for Wolfram Language.

eigenspace 7y ago

I realize that. But what I said was that I'm not clear on what the 'Wolfram Engine' is and what it cannot do. It doesn't seem like a full implementation of the Wolfram Language for free, but I don't actually know. Or is it that it's missing the Mathematica front end but has a full backend kernel implementation?

jdiez17 7y ago
Yeah, now I understand your question. Reading the blog post made me think it would actually be a full implementation of the Wolfram Language for free. So I was curious and signed up for a developer license. I got to the confirmation page, which helpfully told me to run "WolframScript" to activate the license. But there was no download link, so I googled around and found this[1] page. They seem to only have packages for Fedora and Debian-based systems, but no biggie. I used `debtap` to convert it to a package that pacman can install, and then, moment of truth... $ wolframscript WolframKernel not found. Use -configure to set WOLFRAMSCRIPT_KERNELPATH Or export WolframKernel=/yourpath/WolframKernel Uhhh... okay? And where do I get this WolframKernel from? I looked around my Wolfram Account page, and I don't see anywhere I can get this from. Google also doesn't help me here. So... it seems you probably need a full Mathematica/Wolfram license before you can use this anyway? Well, that's disappointing. EDIT: OK, you can actually download it from [2]. My bad. [1] https://account.wolfram.com/products/downloads/wolframscript https://account.wolfram.com/products/downloads/wolframscript [2] https://www.wolfram.com/engine/ https://www.wolfram.com/engine/
- iamcreasy 7y ago
  For me it was being downloaded in the background. Don't remember exactly which button starts the download though.
- ras_west 7y ago
  Click the Download button on https://www.wolfram.com/developer/ https://www.wolfram.com/developer/ Its linked from the article.
  - jdiez17 7y ago
    I see, thank you. I must have clicked that link to sign up for a developer license, but somehow I don't remember being offered to download the thing. I feel silly now, but that was pretty confusing.
- jxy 7y ago
  This the correct download page: https://www.wolfram.com/engine/ https://www.wolfram.com/engine/ You get a file `WolframEngine_12.0.0_LINUX.sh` about 1 GiB.