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This topic already mentioned on HN before http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4066826 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4066826 And an interesting point is

This topic already mentioned on HN before http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4066826 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4066826 And an interesting point is that, the core developer of Mathics is also a Kernel Developer at Wolfram Research. Jan Pöschko's website http://www.poeschko.com/ http://www.poeschko.com/ How could he build a free product compete with his company's product?

ColinWright 14y ago
This topic already mentioned on HN before http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4066826 Indeed, about 8 months ago. Judging by some of the criticisms there, progress has been made, so it's probably worth this extra outing.
- niggler 14y ago
  If by "progress" you mean that they addressed the specific concerns, sure. veyron http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4067025 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4067025 pointed out that Sum[x^2,{x,1,y}]-y*(y+1)*(2*y+1)/6 was broken, but now it's fixed. programnature http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4067225 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4067225 Plot[Sin[x], {x, -5, 200}] appears that issue was resolved as well. However, most of the comments seem to be directed at mathematica's language (none of which were resolved, seeing as how the goal was to replicate mathematica)
to3m 14y ago
Jan Pöschko's website (it's at http://www.poeschko.com/ http://www.poeschko.com/) explains how he squares working on Mathics and Mathematica.
- justincormack 14y ago
  It says he no longer works on Mathics since being hired by Wolfram. Alas often a way to try to weakene open source competition...
  - to3m 14y ago
    Yes, my post was a slightly cheeky way of pointing out that the answer is in the page linked to by the very post that poses the question :) As for weakening free competition, that's plausible, though I think it more likely that the chap was hired on the basis of his work than as a strategic move. Mathematica seems pretty entrenched and comprehensive (though I do admit that it's not something I've used a great deal), and probably as impervious to attack from open source equivalents as is Excel. (While MS seems currently troubled, and I bet they're finding it harder and harder to persuade people to upgrade to Office each year, Excel's position looks pretty unassailable.)
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grakic 14y ago
He started working for Wolfram in December 2012, and as noted on his blog, he quit the Mathics development. http://www.poeschko.com/2012/12/new-challenges/ http://www.poeschko.com/2012/12/new-challenges/

ColinWright 14y ago

This topic already mentioned on HN before http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4066826 Indeed, about 8 months ago. Judging by some of the criticisms there, progress has been made, so it's probably worth this extra outing.

niggler 14y ago
If by "progress" you mean that they addressed the specific concerns, sure. veyron http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4067025 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4067025 pointed out that Sum[x^2,{x,1,y}]-y*(y+1)*(2*y+1)/6 was broken, but now it's fixed. programnature http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4067225 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4067225 Plot[Sin[x], {x, -5, 200}] appears that issue was resolved as well. However, most of the comments seem to be directed at mathematica's language (none of which were resolved, seeing as how the goal was to replicate mathematica)

to3m 14y ago

Jan Pöschko's website (it's at http://www.poeschko.com/ http://www.poeschko.com/) explains how he squares working on Mathics and Mathematica.

justincormack 14y ago
It says he no longer works on Mathics since being hired by Wolfram. Alas often a way to try to weakene open source competition...
- to3m 14y ago
  Yes, my post was a slightly cheeky way of pointing out that the answer is in the page linked to by the very post that poses the question :) As for weakening free competition, that's plausible, though I think it more likely that the chap was hired on the basis of his work than as a strategic move. Mathematica seems pretty entrenched and comprehensive (though I do admit that it's not something I've used a great deal), and probably as impervious to attack from open source equivalents as is Excel. (While MS seems currently troubled, and I bet they're finding it harder and harder to persuade people to upgrade to Office each year, Excel's position looks pretty unassailable.)

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grakic 14y ago

He started working for Wolfram in December 2012, and as noted on his blog, he quit the Mathics development. http://www.poeschko.com/2012/12/new-challenges/ http://www.poeschko.com/2012/12/new-challenges/