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."
(Score: 2) by mendax on Wednesday July 22 2015, @06:44AM
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.
It's really quite a simple choice: Life, Death, or Los Angeles.
(Score: 2) by BsAtHome on Wednesday July 22 2015, @09:04AM
OTOH, the article proofs a point. That is also a story.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by c0lo on Wednesday July 22 2015, @12:00PM
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
There's a hidden story there about summer and sun and healthy/healthier nerds :D
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