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Classic Wolfram then? edit: watching it.. SMP, Wolfram, computational language, he did all of that for past 40 years of course, he even managed to put himself
by Keyframe 5y ago
Classic Wolfram then?
edit: watching it.. SMP, Wolfram, computational language, he did all of that for past 40 years of course, he even managed to put himself in the same sentence as John McCarthy, they invented notebooks and then he's showcasing Mathematica/notebook.. I actually quite like Wolfram, but sometimes he's just a tad too much.
- dmos62 5y agoI'm normally sensitive to people being full of themselves and I've no such sensation with Wolfram. I'm fascinated by what he has to say; I find his perspective on computational and programming languages, him being a specialist outsider, insightful and valuable.
- motoboi 5y agoThe problem with such accomplished and genius people is that when they talk about what they did, it feels too much. Guess what: it is much.
- copperx 5y agoHe forgot about Clojure after a minute or so. Never forget your audience.
- Keyframe 5y agoneat overview of mathematica, or wolfram desktop or whatever.. angle being language design.. but yeah, clojure disappeared as soon as the camera turned on.
- nightski 5y agoMathematica uses a functional language at its core. As a functional language enthusiast (including Clojure, although I haven't used it for anything professionally) I find discussions about any functional language interesting. In other words, I doubt the only thing Clojure folks care about is Clojure.
- copperx 5y agoI agree, but I had seen videos of him describing Mathematica before, and it's the exact same script. One usually tailors the delivery for the audience.
- earleybird 5y agoI'm inclined to see Mathematica as a term rewriting language - and those languages go way back. I remember when Mathematica was first released and thinking, "hmm, a commercial Macsyma"[0]. Well, technically, by the time Wolfram had SMP[1] Macsyma had gone "strictly from commercial"[2] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macsyma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macsyma [1] https://www.stephenwolfram.com/publications/smp-symbolic-manipulation-program/ https://www.stephenwolfram.com/publications/smp-symbolic-man... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhHCcUnm4SI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhHCcUnm4SI
- mark_l_watson 5y agoHe had a live Clojure demo going near the end.
- fault1 5y agoI think the audience would appreciate Mathematica because the two languages are both Lisp. Perhaps he should have accentuated the Lispyness of it though.
- agumonkey 5y agoI don't think that's the first time a talk shows non Clojure material. That crowd also like different worlds.