[dna_polymerase]

You are mixing things up here. The headline is about Wolfram Alpha. You are talking about Mathematica.

[_game_of_life]

I'm talking about both. When I was comparing them to competitors like Symbolab I was using the Alexa ranking for alpha.

I find it faster and more accurate to use a specific package in an interpreter than query Wolfram Alpha or use Mathematica. And for the simpler things a search engine will do!