Re: Language vs. Library
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg61101] Re: Language vs. Library
- From: Bill Rowe <readnewsciv at earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 02:40:02 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
On 10/9/05 at 1:35 AM, hattons at globalsymmetry.com (Steven T. Hatton) wrote: >If we look at compiled and byte compiled languages such as >C,C++,Java, C#, etc., we see they typically consist of a core >language, and standard libraries. In C, and C++ the demarcation is >very clear. I know I've asked a similar question in the past, but >it's something that recures to me every time I start working with >Mathematica. Is there a core Mathematica language? If so, what >does it consist of? In Mathematica, the obvious division would be the symbols in the System` context and everything else. Things not in the System` context are loaded using Needs or Get, analogous to using #include in either C++ or C. -- To reply via email subtract one hundred and four