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Re:Pi-Top 4
on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @02:29PM (#20347128)
Here are some independent benchmarks from on the Pi4 performance....
https://twitter.com/JonMcLoone/status/1146443778972180480
Re:Why Wolfram Tech Isn’t Open Source
on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @09:23AM (#19563088)
He acknowledges that: "As I said at the start, the open-source model can work very well in smaller, self-contained subsets of computation where small teams can focus on local design issues. Indeed, the Wolfram Technology stack makes use of and contributes to a number of excellent open-source libraries for specialized tasks, such as..." and lists some
Re:Why Wolfram Tech Isn’t Open Source
on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @04:24AM (#19561729)
Its on the list twice -
10 Paid software offers an open quid pro quo
11 It takes steady income to sustain long-term R&D »
Re:Why Wolfram Tech Isn’t Open Source
on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @03:46AM (#19561563)
Like WL...
ImageCompose[ Import["someworldimage.jpg"], Rasterize["Hello world" ]
Re:Why Wolfram Tech Isn’t Open Source
on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @02:18PM (#19557041)
Undocumented is not one of its problems: There are 10,000+ pages at http://reference.wolfram.com
Not just every function, but many arguments have their own pages - every import format, entity type, method. The problem is finding the right function.
Re:Jupyter Receives the ACM Software System Award
on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @03:31PM (#16980391)
The other "innovations" that ACM lists alongside were real innovations " Unix, TeX, S (R’s predecessor), the Web, Mosaic, Java, INGRES " now they are handing out awards for "copy commercial software but make it free" projects. Its funny how copying is a bad thing in an essay but applauded in software (as long as it has the right license).