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Instant Apps for the Apple Watch with the Wolfram Language
- panic 11y agoHow does this get around the App Store Review Guidelines? 2.7: Apps that download code in any way or form will be rejected 2.8: Apps that install or launch other executable code will be rejected
- jahewson 11y agoThis is just a guess, but it looks like it could be running in a WebView: > although the apps were designed for the Apple Watch, you can actually also use them on the web, or on a phone
- phs2501 11y agoLooks like everything runs on Wolfram's servers, the phone basically just downloads an image (which is then displayed on the watch). In that sense calling what you'd write/deploy an "app" is a little misleading in a mobile device context...
- spdustin 11y agoI had no idea the Wolfram Cloud had grown so useful. If you're here reading comments to see if the article is worth it: It shows how small snippets of code in the Wolfram Language get packaged as an "app" via a companion app on iPhone (which seems like a runtime essentially). That iPhone app also has an Apple Watch component to surface the packaged Wolfram Code app on the watch. Tons of quick examples of pretty clever things.
- mastermojo 11y agoWho uses the wolfram language? It seems pretty expressive and powerful... but I don't really see a strong case for adoption.
- evv 11y agoI've only ever seen or heard of it being used by Stephen Wolfram. It must be fun to have a huge engineering team to help support what is essentially a pet project. Maybe they will someday release something with general availability and competitive pricing, but for now it seems to be behind a walled garden. But I wouldn't worry. If Wolfram Language truly exposes any novel concepts, then it is only a matter of time until the open source community implements those features for everyone else to use. It's a shame, but I'm skeptical Wolfram will ever see the inherent value of getting real software into the world. From what I've seen, he would much rather build proprietary toys that only he can use, rather than building open-source tools that can be ubiquitous. If Wolfram has cool toys and isn't willing to share, then so be it. The open source community can build our own cool toys.
- RootDynasty 11y agoThe language part of the Wolfram Language is still really kludgy to use and quite slow. Even doing simple things like writing a function or an if statement is painful. What it does have going for it is the biggest, baddest standard library available. imo, the language would be much more compelling if the syntax was redesigned from the ground up and made easier to debug (the error messages in Mathematica are next to useless)
- akater 11y agoI'm sorry but your comment will be grossly misleading to people unfamiliar with the language. There's absolutely nothing painful about If and Function. However, I must note that in a rule-based language both are used far more sparingly than they would be in an imperative, or even functional language. I found myself moving from If to Replace, for example.
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- mavdi 11y agoIt's such a shame the licensing of Wolfram Mathematica is so strict and pricing is high. I get it, it's the fruit of a lot of hard work but sadly it won't get the traction it deserves.
- soofy 11y agoThe Wolfram Cloud sandbox https://www.wolframcloud.com https://www.wolframcloud.com and raspberry-pi http://www.wolfram.com/raspberry-pi http://www.wolfram.com/raspberry-pi editions are free. I understand - low power - but still one can at least try it out.
- mavdi 11y agoWith a non-commercial license.
- eggy 11y agoI bought the Home edition of Mathematica, and have always enjoyed using it. You can program in many paradigms, functional, rules-based, imperative, etc... The hooks to the data and the notebook interface, far before iPython, iJulia, Beaker and others came along, so it has a head start with integration, and as another wrote below, a great standard library.