Stephen Wolfram is ready with his biggest computing & technology project so far, after Mathematica & Wolfram Alpha. This time, it's a new kind of a programming language that is general purpose like C++ or Java yet take the whole programming business to newer heights. Through his post titled "Something Very Big Is Coming", Dr. Wolfram writes that the intention behind this new programming language is to bring the existing super-powers of Mathematica & Wolfram Alpha to programming. Unlike the other general purpose programming languages, Wolfram Language will be mostly self-contained. Dr. Wolfram says that the existing programming languages are focused on managing the overall structure of the program and keeping the language itself limited in scope and then rely on a lot of external libraries for all the additional functionalities they need. Wolfram Language will change all of that!
The Wolfram Language will be a single, tightly integrated system with almost everything included. For example, the language will have ability to plot graphs or do complex image processing or design user interfaces built right in. The language will also have a collection of a large number of web algorithms with many invented by engineers at Wolfram Research. Dr. Wolfram says that he's put in a great deal of efforts in the design of the language over the past several years and ensured that all the different pieces work with each other in perfect sync. This means, performing data analysis and generating relevant documentation is going to be very easy and intuitive. All of this will be aided by mathematical optimisations wherever possible.
What's most exiting about this programming language is that it has the power of Wolfram|Alpha - the computational engine built by Wolfram, built right in. We bet all of you who've used Wolfram|Alpha were surely impressed by the capabilities of the engine to interpret natural questions and then come up with all the relevant data & information. Wolfram promises that the new language will allow developing programs with nothing but natural language!
Even those who've been afraid of programming & remembering all the keywords will be able to get started with Wolfram Language almost in no time. Wolfram says that it will be incredibly easy to build desktop applications; but the company will launch a public cloud to allow developers from around the world to deploy their creations on the cloud.
You should definitely check out Dr. Wolfram's post on his biggest technology project yet , and also check out his impressive TED talk (video below)-
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