Stephen Wolfram is a British-American computer scientist, theoretical physicist, and businessman.  He is also known for his work in mathematics.  In 2012, he was named an inaugural fellow of the American Mathematical Society.

In this episode of the InfoQ podcast Charles Humble talks to him about Wolfram Language, its origins and the influences on its creation.  In a wide-ranging discussion they also cover the ergonomics of programming languages; Wolfram|Alpha’s integration with Siri, Alexa, and the upcoming integration with Microsoft Excel; how ideas from physics, such as reference frames, may be useful for distributed systems programming; and live streaming language design discussions via Twitch.

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Stephen Wolfram on Computer Language Design, SMP, Mathematica, and Wolfram Language

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