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Originally Posted by Little.Egret
The 'Notebook edition' seems to be the book text in the Notebook format. You probably need to install the Wolfram desktop to read it.
"This book provides an elementary introduction to the Wolfram Language
and modern computational thinking. It assumes no prior knowledge of
programming, and is suitable for both technical and non-technical college
and high-school students, as well as anyone with an interest in the latest
technology and its practical application. "
assumes no prior knowledge is always a thing easier to say than get anything from
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfram_Language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfram_Alpha |
Thanks for the info. My weakness in understanding the stuff showed.
In college, I had to take a language called COBOL. The math and science majors had to take FORTRAN (I'm putting a date on myself, here, I know).
I actually made an "A" in COBOL, but I had to work to get it, and didn't enjoy it.
To further put a date on myself, we had to use key punch machines to punch a card for every line of code. After we finished, we took the stack of cards over to the administration building, where they had a mainframe, and they ran the cards through. You'd get the printout back in a couple of days, usually. If you messed up somewhere, you'd have to go back to a key punch machine and re-punch the cards which had incorrect coding. My, how times have changed. And, a lot for the better, as in programming computers.