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Re: Stephen Wolfram's recent blog

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• Subject: [mg129808] Re: Stephen Wolfram's recent blog
• From: Helen Read <readhpr at gmail.com>
• Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:59:09 -0500 (EST)
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I don't even understand what the difference is between the "programming 
language of Mathematica" and Mathematica itself. Isn't it all just 
Mathematica?

Helen Read
University of Vermont

On 2/13/2013 4:47 AM, danl at wolfram.com wrote:
> Readers of comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica (MathGroup) might be interested in the latest blog from Stephen Wolfram.
>
> http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/2013/02/what-should-we-call-the-language-of-mathematica/
>
> It raises the question of what to call the programming language of Mathematica. I will quote from near the end:
>
> "What should the name be? I'm hoping to get feedback on the ideas I've discussed here, as well as to get new suggestions."
>
> The Comments section has reached 66 as of the time of my writing this note.  And the blog is but a few hours old. Suggestions are solicited.
>
> Daniel Lichtblau
> Wolfram Research
>