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by georgemcbay 4380 days ago
Ignoring all of the politics of "Free Software" and/or "Open Source Software", as a practical matter languages that are not available in no-cost implementations are rarely successful outside of very niche markets.

Though, arguably, the type of stuff Mathematica is used for is already sufficiently niche that this is less of a concern.

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To be pedantic, Free/Open Source Software has nothing to do with the cost.