Re: Memory Blowup Issues
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- Subject: [mg126863] Re: Memory Blowup Issues
- From: David Bailey <dave at removedbailey.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 05:30:54 -0400 (EDT)
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On 10/06/2012 07:16, Richard Fateman wrote: > On 6/8/2012 12:37 AM, Bill Rowe wrote: > >> >> This almost certainly won't happen with Mathematica. BASIC was >> designed to be a beginner's programming language. Mathematica is >> designed to be a very powerful mathematical toolset. > > I think that Wolfram's ambition is/was that Mathematica's underlying > language (without the "Math" stuff) would be recognized as the ideal > blend of programming features and esthetic melding of design for all > purposes, including introductory programming, typesetting, web design, > parallel computation, etc. > > It hasn't happened. > Algol, Algol68, Pascal, C, C++, Ada Java, Lisp, Prolog - all were touted as ideal programing languages at one time or another! After 30+ years in the software industry, I think I can confidently say that there is no ideal blend of programming features, because programmers and their projects vary so much. David Bailey http://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk