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Re:Help this man decipher his cool creative code. by adv0r on Tuesday July 17, 2012 @11:54AM (#4256268)
yes I hate that attitude too actually "I invented everything, how awesome am I" . I'm not here to defend it.

But still he deserve some recognition, afterall he is the first bringing AI to the masses with Alfa, and helped some million researcher's life with Mathematica. And, 10 years after NKS, these are somehow good results -> http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/2012/05/its-been-10-years-wha... ...

You can judge people from many different perspectives, but when it comes to "getting things done", you should step back and congratulate him. again, IMHO

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Re:Help this man decipher his cool creative code. by sophacles on Tuesday July 17, 2012 @12:52PM (#4256574)
But still he deserve some recognition,

and

but when it comes to "getting things done", you should step back and congratulate him

My first words were "it's a great primer", followed with a suggestion for how to get the most from the work.

I'm not trying to downplay Wolfram's other work either, just pointing out that there are issues and grains of salt to take with this particular work.

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