[plt-scheme] Mathematica v6

... or what definition of "reasonable."

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--- Stephen De Gabrielle <stephen at degabrielle.name>
wrote:

> I suppose it depends on what definition of
> advanced...
> 
> s.
> 
> 
> On Nov 15, 2007 8:39 AM, John Clements
> <clements at brinckerhoff.org> 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.
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> >
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> -- 
> Cheers,
> 
> Stephen
> 
> 
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