[plt-scheme] Mathematica v6

From: Geoffrey S. Knauth (geoff at knauth.org)
Date: Thu Nov 15 05:47:22 EST 2007

On Nov 15, 2007, at 03:39, John Clements wrote:
> Mathematica has a page devoted to comparing itself to "research  
> languages": "(Lisp, Scheme, ML, Caml, Haskell, Prolog, Smalltalk,  
> FP, ...)"
> Here's what they have to say; the topic sentence of the first  
> paragraph in the section:
> "Mathematica is by any reasonable measure the most advanced computer  
> language currently in widespread use."
> Hmm...  This is what we need, folks: Marketing Hyperbole.

If their claim is true, then let's see them attempt this challenge:   
fix the FAA's Advanced Automation System (AAS).

Read and weep:
http://www.baselinemag.com/article2/0,1540,656647,00.asp


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