Wolfram Alpha: the next level - Wolfram Language

Palinurus

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Stephen Wolfram's Introduction to the Wolfram Language

Published February 24, 2014

Stephen Wolfram introduces the Wolfram Language in this video that shows how the symbolic programming language enables powerful functional programming, querying of large databases, flexible interactivity, easy deployment, and much, much more.

To learn more about the Wolfram Language, visit reference.wolfram.com/language.

For the latest information, visit www.wolfram.com.

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Wow, that's nuts. Not sure if it's nuts in a good way, or nuts in a bad way.

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I wonder what kind of computing power is necessary for the examples in the video? Seems to me it would be quite a bit. That's one Big Question, because traditionally, the "easier" a language is to program in, the slower it runs. I reckon this is supposed to be one of these "The Power of the Cloud" kind of things.

In an ideal world, the "Cloud" is not a terrible idea... think of the ship's computer in Star Trek. Practically, in this real world, such things are invariably used for nefarious purposes.

Well, I guess we'll find out.
 
I am using it. Sometimes it is fast, sometimes it is low. Sometimes procedures can be compiled, sometimes not. Sometimes you can use many cores or graphic processor. It is neat.
 
Wow! Thank you for sharing this. It seems like it could be a very powerful language for visualizing and analyzing scientific data. I can't wait to start learning it! :D
 
Wow!!!!! Thanks for the share Palinurus. That was beautiful, simple, and inspiring. And it seems to be very useful and handy when analyzing data. I am not a guru at programming but after painstakingly writing analytcal code in conventional languages this language seems to make the process a little more accessible and palatable with its intuitive nature.

This is pretty neat.
 
ark said:
I am using it. Sometimes it is fast, sometimes it is low. Sometimes procedures can be compiled, sometimes not. Sometimes you can use many cores or graphic processor. It is neat.

Do you have a link Ark? I only see documentation and "Coming soon" page.
 
Ellipse said:
ark said:
I am using it. Sometimes it is fast, sometimes it is low. Sometimes procedures can be compiled, sometimes not. Sometimes you can use many cores or graphic processor. It is neat.

Do you have a link Ark? I only see documentation and "Coming soon" page.

Hey Ellipse,

Are you asking how you can start using it now? I haven't found where you can do that on other platforms but as of November 21, 2013 you can start using and developing with it on the raspberry pi which is linux based (for free i might add). They include (mathmatica as well) which is neat.

Links:

_http://www.wolfram.com/raspberry-pi/

_http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads
 
trendsetter37 said:
Ellipse said:
ark said:
I am using it. Sometimes it is fast, sometimes it is low. Sometimes procedures can be compiled, sometimes not. Sometimes you can use many cores or graphic processor. It is neat.

Do you have a link Ark? I only see documentation and "Coming soon" page.

Hey Ellipse,

Are you asking how you can start using it now? I haven't found where you can do that on other platforms but as of November 21, 2013 you can start using and developing with it on the raspberry pi which is linux based (for free i might add). They include (mathmatica as well) which is neat.

Links:

_http://www.wolfram.com/raspberry-pi/

_http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads

OK, so we have seen the same think. Thanks.
 
Mathematica can be purchased as a home version for $295.00 for PC or MAC. Version 9, which I am currently using is a joy to explore and learn from. You can get a non-home, professional license for about $3000.00

When working Mathematica, you quickly realize what can be done with this tool is virtually unlimited. I have not yet mastered it, but my first copy was purchased back in 1994 which was the student version.
 
I'm still at mathematica version 5 and it is a great tool. Integrate this, Simplify that. It's veryhelpful for calculus. Although when possible I try first to do it by hand if possible and then ask mathematica to verify my result. I can only imagine the capabilities of the latest versions!
 
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