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by frozenport 1603 days ago
3 authors, senior author is known not to code.

How many people worked on this thing?
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daneelsan 1603 days ago
Tom is the current main developer of the new Wolfram Compiler. Search in YouTube "wolfram compiler" and you'll see almost all the talks are his.
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jamesfinlayson 1603 days ago
On the paper or the interpreter? Based on the language first being released in 1988 I'd say quite a few for the second at least.
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drunkenmagician 1603 days ago
Curious - Any reference / citation for this?
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frozenport 1603 days ago
Personal communication from 2012
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