He may have some interesting points but... Anyone who makes grandiose claims and can't bother to give credit to the people who have helped them along the way deserves to be ignored.
On Nov 27, 11:36 pm, Duane Searsmith <dsearsm...@gmail.com> wrote: > I thought his blog had some interesting points. I enjoyed reading it. Do I > wish Mathematica was more affordable and/or open source? Yes. So what. > That doesn't make Wolfram a lunatic or a fraud. Remember that > mathematicians like Mandelbrot where also considered frauds at first. > > On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 6:45 PM, Alec Battles <alec.batt...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Thought some Clojure folk might enjoy this: > > >http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/2010/11/100-years-since-principia-math... > > > Though I don't use Clojure (I follow this list out of curiosity), I > > have a hard time imagining why anything Wolfram writes is interesting, > > and furthermore why any a user of any not-so-mainstream language would > > find it interesting, and even furthermore why a mathematician would. > > > "And in mathematics, the difference between open-source and > > closed-source is more important, for the reason that any part of a > > mathematical solution that cannot be fully examined is fatal to the > > result." > > > --http://www.arachnoid.com/sage/ > > > Sorry if members of this group consider this off-topic, but I honestly > > couldn't restrain myself... > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Clojure" group. > > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > > your first post. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<clojure%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
