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		wolvesechoes 10 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Woxi: Wolfram Mathematica Reimplementation in Rust Useless thing is not less useless by the virtue of being FOSS. That's something FOSS folks have yet to understand. All the best to the author, they definitely have fun doing this, but I've seen enough of such attempts. Having agents doesn't make much difference.

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nextaccountic 10 days ago | [–]

People said the same thing about Linux in the 90s

wolvesechoes 10 days ago | | [–]

Very nice, now explain what makes this fact relevant.

j16sdiz 10 days ago | [–]

The difference is huge - It burns money quicker and nobody understands the code

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