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Re:Free Wolfram Engine for Developers by tux1968 on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @02:34PM (#19973298)
Came here to ask the same question, and even with the answers you've already received, it still seems very murky.

If you look on their web site for Mathematica[1] it has several bullet points that includes the Wolfram Engine. One of the other separate points is "Wolfram Algorithmbase"[2], so presumably all those algorithms are not part of the engine and only available if you buy full Mathematica.

[1] http://www.wolfram.com/mathematica/

[2] http://www.wolfram.com/algorithmbase/

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Re:Free Wolfram Engine for Developers by educomments on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @05:57PM (#19975526)
Can someone confirm this?

The Algorithmbase is 99.999% of what makes Mathematica useful compared to any language with a decent REPL or notebook setup.

I can't really imagine a use case for the Wolfram Language if I'm not going to use anything listed in http://www.wolfram.com/algorithmbase/

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Re:Free Wolfram Engine for Developers by leiroigh on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @06:56PM (#19975980)
Mathematica also has god-tier documentation and an interesting and very unique programming language.

I personally hate programming in Mathematica, but it is interesting and deserving of an open implementation.

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Re:Free Wolfram Engine for Developers by ras_west on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @06:08PM (#19975633)
From the article "...with all its computational intelligence, algorithms, knowledgebase, and so on"
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Re:Free Wolfram Engine for Developers by tux1968 on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @06:11PM (#19975661)
But the "its" that the article is referring to is the Wolfram Engine. It doesn't say that is all the algorithms in Mathematica. And the Mathematica website lists Algorithm Base and Wolfram Engine as two separate line items, which is at least surprising if one is contained in the other.

I actually believe the Algorithm Base is probably included, but it's definitely anything but clear from the website or any of the press release. The Mathematica website makes them seem like two completely separate unconnected components.

It's really unclear what is included in Wolfram Engine and what is included only in Mathematica... the above was just one obvious example. It would be very nice to have a concise list.

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