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Re:Wolfram Language by shiggerino on Friday May 15, 2015 @05:14PM (#9553712)
>Very much agree. And Wolfram used to be a university professor; he darned well knows how to give credit to others when it is due.

And he should know that science is supposed to be done by collaboration, transparently sharing information, not by peddling proprietary libraries. But he doesn't care, and he never has.

Here's a good write-up about it from 2003: http://chem.tufts.edu/science/Shermer/E-Skeptic/SkepticsOnWo...

Re:Wolfram Language by ForHackernews on Friday May 15, 2015 @05:47PM (#9553881)
There's also this classic:

"A Rare Blend of Monster Raving Egomania and Utter Batshit Insanity" http://bactra.org/reviews/wolfram/

Re:Wolfram Language by dvdfvo on Friday May 15, 2015 @06:30PM (#9554085)
I'm assuming there isn't any video and audio recording of that Caltech debate?