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The Basis of Wolfram Language
I see lots of claims out of Wolfram Research about the amazing foundations of Wolfram Language but not actual details. Is anyone familiar with the internal structure of the language. Is it built around a small number of dominant ideas like Lisp/Forth and if so what are they? Are there base language primitives coded in another low level language?
No particular need for this info. I’m just curious.
- 7thaccount 5y agoI answered this in an old post. It is built off of a TRS (term rewriting system). This video shows the fundamentals of the language (like the internals, not how to plot). https://youtu.be/H-rnezxOCA8 https://youtu.be/H-rnezxOCA8
- jshaqaw 5y agoPerfect, thanks
- 7thaccount 5y agoNo problem. I've been using Mathematica off and on for a few years. It's a powerful language/tool, and a lot more than people realize. You can do some crazy stuff with just a few one liners.
- rotifer 5y agoI don't know anything about Wolfram Language, but Stephen Diehl's "Exotic Programming Ideas: Part 2 (Term Rewriting)" [0] says it's based on a term rewriting system. The blog post describes term rewriting systems using Wolfram Language in its examples. [0] https://www.stephendiehl.com/posts/exotic02.html https://www.stephendiehl.com/posts/exotic02.html
- 7thaccount 5y agoThis was good too. Thanks.