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you love it. you use it every day. $295 is too high?
by jgamman 14y ago
you love it. you use it every day. $295 is too high?
- opminion 14y agoYou cannot share your source code in a way that those who matter to you can modify and run, without them paying the price too. Including your future self.
- RaphiePS 14y agoI'm not arguing that it's a bad language. I was happy to pay up. It perfectly suits my needs. I'm just saying that it'd be a ridiculous "general-purpose" language because anyone who wants to use it must shell out nearly a third of a grand. I think it fills a fantastic niche for math and science, where its powerful capabilities really come in handy. But general purpose scripting? Silly.
- Evbn 14y agoWhy would the price make it ridiculous to use it for more puprposes and thus amortize its cost?
- RaphiePS 14y agoAhh, I was assuming the parent to my comment was implying that people who don't already have Mathematica should check it out for general-purpose programming. If you've already bought Mathematica, great, use it for whatever you want! However, I don't think you should buy it unless you actually need its advanced features.