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		jmount on June 29, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Wolfram Mathematica did not use Lisp (2002) Another possible reason would be: Macsyma was already in LISP.

agumonkey on June 29, 2015 [–]

Market differentiation is a powerful reason.

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