<s>
The	O
Wolfram	B-Language
Language	I-Language
(	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
,	O
general	O
high-level	B-Language
multi-paradigm	O
programming	O
language	O
developed	O
by	O
Wolfram	B-Application
Research	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
emphasizes	O
symbolic	B-Algorithm
computation	I-Algorithm
,	O
functional	B-Language
programming	I-Language
,	O
and	O
rule-based	B-Language
programming	I-Language
and	O
can	O
employ	O
arbitrary	O
structures	B-General_Concept
and	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
programming	O
language	O
of	O
the	O
mathematical	O
symbolic	B-Algorithm
computation	I-Algorithm
program	O
Mathematica	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Wolfram	B-Language
Language	I-Language
was	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
initial	O
version	O
of	O
Mathematica	B-Language
in	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Symbolic	O
aspects	O
of	O
the	O
engine	O
make	O
it	O
a	O
computer	B-General_Concept
algebra	I-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
language	O
can	O
perform	O
integration	O
,	O
differentiation	O
,	O
matrix	B-Architecture
manipulations	O
,	O
and	O
solve	O
differential	O
equations	O
using	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
rules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wolfram	B-Language
also	O
added	O
features	O
for	O
more	O
complex	O
tasks	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
3D	O
modeling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
name	O
was	O
finally	O
adopted	O
for	O
the	O
language	O
in	O
2013	O
,	O
as	O
Wolfram	B-Application
Research	I-Application
decided	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
language	O
engine	O
free	O
for	O
Raspberry	B-Operating_System
Pi	I-Operating_System
users	O
,	O
and	O
they	O
needed	O
to	O
come	O
up	O
with	O
a	O
name	O
for	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
recommended	O
software	O
bundle	O
that	O
the	O
Raspberry	B-Operating_System
Pi	I-Operating_System
Foundation	O
provides	O
for	O
beginners	O
,	O
which	O
caused	O
some	O
controversy	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
Wolfram	B-Language
language	I-Language
's	O
proprietary	B-Application
nature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plans	O
to	O
port	O
the	O
Wolfram	B-Language
language	I-Language
to	O
the	O
Intel	B-Device
Edison	I-Device
were	O
announced	O
after	O
the	O
board	O
's	O
introduction	O
at	O
CES	O
2014	O
but	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
a	O
link	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
make	O
Wolfram	B-Language
libraries	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
Unity	B-Application
game	I-Application
engine	I-Application
,	O
giving	O
game	O
developers	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
language	O
's	O
high	O
level	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Wolfram	B-Language
Language	I-Language
syntax	O
is	O
overall	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
M-expression	B-Language
of	O
1960s	O
LISP	B-Language
,	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
infix	O
operators	O
and	O
"	O
function-notation	O
"	O
function	O
calls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Wolfram	B-Language
language	I-Language
writes	O
basic	O
arithmetic	O
expressions	O
using	O
infix	O
operators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
language	O
may	O
deviate	O
from	O
the	O
M-expression	B-Language
paradigm	O
when	O
an	O
alternative	O
,	O
more	O
human-friendly	O
way	O
of	O
showing	O
an	O
expression	O
is	O
available	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Currying	B-Application
is	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Functions	O
in	O
the	O
Wolfram	B-Language
Language	I-Language
are	O
effectively	O
a	O
case	O
of	O
simple	O
patterns	O
for	O
replacement	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
iteration	O
of	O
bubble	B-Algorithm
sort	I-Algorithm
is	O
expressed	O
as	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
pattern	B-Language
matching	I-Language
system	O
also	O
easily	O
gives	O
rise	O
to	O
rule-based	B-Language
integration	O
and	O
derivation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
official	O
,	O
and	O
reference	O
,	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
Wolfram	B-Language
Language	I-Language
lies	O
in	O
Mathematica	B-Language
and	O
associated	O
online	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
are	O
closed	B-Application
source	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wolfram	B-Application
Research	I-Application
has	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
released	O
a	O
C++	B-Language
parser	O
of	O
the	O
language	O
under	O
the	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
MIT	B-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
over	O
three-decade-long	O
existence	O
of	O
the	O
Wolfram	B-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
third	O
party	O
implementations	O
have	O
also	O
been	O
developed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Richard	O
Fateman	O
's	O
MockMMA	O
from	O
1991	O
is	O
of	O
historical	O
note	O
,	O
both	O
for	O
being	O
the	O
earliest	O
reimplementation	O
and	O
for	O
having	O
received	O
a	O
cease-and-desist	O
from	O
Wolfram	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Modern	O
ones	O
still	O
being	O
maintained	O
include	O
Symja	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
expreduce	O
in	O
Golang	B-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
SymPy-based	O
Mathics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
implementations	O
focus	O
on	O
the	O
core	O
language	O
and	O
the	O
computer	B-General_Concept
algebra	I-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
that	O
it	O
implies	O
,	O
not	O
on	O
the	O
online	O
"	O
knowledgebase	O
"	O
features	O
of	O
Wolfram	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
Wolfram	B-Application
Research	I-Application
released	O
a	O
freeware	B-License
Wolfram	B-Language
Engine	O
,	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
programming	O
library	O
in	O
non-commercial	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
language	O
was	O
officially	O
named	O
in	O
June	O
2013	O
although	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
backend	O
of	O
the	O
computing	O
system	O
Mathematica	B-Language
,	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
in	O
use	O
in	O
various	O
forms	O
for	O
over	O
30	O
years	O
since	O
Mathematica	B-Language
's	O
initial	O
release	O
but	O
not	O
widely	O
adopted	O
.	O
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