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I am always slightly in awe of the clarity of Wolfram's thought and communication skills. 63 years old, rich as a king, and yet you can just feel his energy as

I am always slightly in awe of the clarity of Wolfram's thought and communication skills. 63 years old, rich as a king, and yet you can just feel his energy as he digs into this incredible, magical new toy while he takes notes from his treadmill desk or outdoor walking setup (1) :). The entire article feels contributory, non jealous, complimentary and objective given the position he is writing from. I feel like Wolfram and Carmack are similar in this style and approach - who else am I missing? thank you for posting OP (1) https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2019/02/seeking-the-productive-life-some-details-of-my-personal-infrastructure/ https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2019/02/seeking-the-prod...

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adenozine 4y ago
Peter Norvig comes to mind when you mention incredibly articulate communication style and in a respectful way, ridiculously prolific. I've turned to his work a lot throughout my Python journey, it took a lot of hard work to unlearn all the Perl in my old bones, but I appreciated how much beautiful code he's put up online for anybody to dig through. Maybe also Larry Wall, RIP.
- aresant 4y ago
  Appreciate your suggestions -
- booleandilemma 4y ago
  Larry Wall is still alive, isn't he? Am I missing a joke somewhere? (e.g. Perl might be dead...)
  - adenozine 4y ago
    Oh my goodness, I cannot believe I got that wrong, I thought for sure I remembered hearing about it this past year.
dsign 4y ago
I'm with you there. I started using Mathematica 22 years ago, during first year of college. I've worked as a professional Python developer for slightly less time (18 years). I've built tons of systems in Python, and none in Mathematica, yet Mathematica remains as the best option as a "bicycle for the mind", and that's thanks to the coherent vision of Wolfram research and perhaps Wolfram himself. One thing to add is that Wolfram, as you said, has money. That means he doesn't spend his days fixing bugs in a devops pipeline and questioning his life choices while a scrum master impishly consumes his days on Earth with inanity. He has time to think about stuff, to explore ideas, and he has already explored quite a bit, and has a breath of understanding of math, physics and a few other sciences that the average machine learning engineer simply doesn't have. So, yeah, I'm a Python fanboy, but honor where honor is due.

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adenozine 4y ago

Peter Norvig comes to mind when you mention incredibly articulate communication style and in a respectful way, ridiculously prolific. I've turned to his work a lot throughout my Python journey, it took a lot of hard work to unlearn all the Perl in my old bones, but I appreciated how much beautiful code he's put up online for anybody to dig through. Maybe also Larry Wall, RIP.

aresant 4y ago
Appreciate your suggestions -
booleandilemma 4y ago
Larry Wall is still alive, isn't he? Am I missing a joke somewhere? (e.g. Perl might be dead...)
- adenozine 4y ago
  Oh my goodness, I cannot believe I got that wrong, I thought for sure I remembered hearing about it this past year.

dsign 4y ago

I'm with you there. I started using Mathematica 22 years ago, during first year of college. I've worked as a professional Python developer for slightly less time (18 years). I've built tons of systems in Python, and none in Mathematica, yet Mathematica remains as the best option as a "bicycle for the mind", and that's thanks to the coherent vision of Wolfram research and perhaps Wolfram himself. One thing to add is that Wolfram, as you said, has money. That means he doesn't spend his days fixing bugs in a devops pipeline and questioning his life choices while a scrum master impishly consumes his days on Earth with inanity. He has time to think about stuff, to explore ideas, and he has already explored quite a bit, and has a breath of understanding of math, physics and a few other sciences that the average machine learning engineer simply doesn't have. So, yeah, I'm a Python fanboy, but honor where honor is due.