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by sketerpot 6305 days ago
On the other hand, Mathematica is pretty cool. Wolfram is a clever guy with a lot of money. That's worth something.
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mathematica is a reimplementation of similar systems that were already proven to work. alpha is a reimplementation of similar systems that were proven not to work.
Ah, the "witty put down" at its finest! While nothing of this sort has worked to date, the same could have been said of powered flight on December 16, 1903. In any event... Thanks for making me smile :-)