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posted by martyb on Wednesday July 22 2015, @04:23AM   Printer-friendly
from the SoylentNews-needs-to-add-e-mail,-too? dept.

The Wolfram Alpha guys announced they are finally compliant with Zawinski's law of software envelopment[*] and read email, thus the risk of Wolfram language becoming obsolete dropped.

[*] "Every program attempts to expand until it can read mail. Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can."


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  • (Score: 2) by mendax on Wednesday July 22 2015, @06:44AM

    by mendax (2840) on Wednesday July 22 2015, @06:44AM (#212216)

    I think the editors ran out of stories and were stuck with this one. Oh, it's a bit interesting that the Wolfram language can now read e-mail, but I must admit I had to suppress a couple yawns.

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  • (Score: 2) by BsAtHome on Wednesday July 22 2015, @09:04AM

    by BsAtHome (889) on Wednesday July 22 2015, @09:04AM (#212243)

    OTOH, the article proofs a point. That is also a story.

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by c0lo on Wednesday July 22 2015, @12:00PM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday July 22 2015, @12:00PM (#212271) Journal

    but I must admit I had to suppress a couple yawns.

    Why suppress them? Told yea you may sleep well.

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  • (Score: 2) by Yog-Yogguth on Wednesday July 22 2015, @05:24PM

    by Yog-Yogguth (1862) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday July 22 2015, @05:24PM (#212408) Journal

    There's a hidden story there about summer and sun and healthy/healthier nerds :D

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