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Re:Launching Version 13.1 of Wolfram Language and Mathematica by sfriedr on Thursday June 30, 2022 @03:28AM (#31929646)
> I thought of reaching for Mathematica but resorted to pencil and paper, like a barbarian.

A very computer-science perspective with the obligatory dose of hubris.

Pencil and paper is continuing to serve a much older, much more consolidated discipline (mathematics) well for... ever since paper was invented.

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Re:Launching Version 13.1 of Wolfram Language and Mathematica by sterlind on Thursday June 30, 2022 @04:00AM (#31929840)
the barbarian bit was tongue-in-cheek. it's just that symbolic algebra is one of those old-school, classic use cases for computers, like playing chess or guiding missiles or scheduling routes. I enjoy those kinds of moments.
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