I think it’s pretty amazing that we’re now at the point where all the knowledge and computation in the Wolfram Language can run in a $25 computer. And I think that it’s the beginning of something very important. Being able to take pure code, and connect it to sensors and devices that do things. Making use of all the powerful programming paradigms that are built into the Wolfram Language.Īnd with Raspberry Pi there’s something else too: immediately being able to interact with the outside world. It’s tremendously satisfying-and educational. Writing a tiny program, perhaps not even a line long, and already having something really interesting happen. And then being able to scale up larger and larger. We’ve got a language that’s not mostly concerned with the details of computers, but is instead about being able to understand and create things on the basis of huge amounts of built-in computational ability and knowledge. I’m a great believer in the importance of programming as a central component of education. And I’m excited that with the Wolfram Language I think we finally have a powerful programming language worthy of the next generation. In effect, this is a technology preview: it’s an early, unfinished, glimpse of the Wolfram Language. Quite soon the Wolfram Language is going to start showing up in lots of places, notably on the web and in the cloud. But I’m excited that the timing has worked out so that we’re able to give the Raspberry Pi community-with its emphasis on education and invention-the very first chance to put the Wolfram Language into action. Today I’m pleased to announce a step in that direction: working with the Raspberry Pi Foundation, effective immediately there’s a pilot release of the Wolfram Language-as well as Mathematica-that will soon be bundled as part of the standard system software for every Raspberry Pi computer. Last week I wrote about our large-scale plan to use new technology we’re building to inject sophisticated computation and knowledge into everything.

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