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Wolfram Language

Programming language and environment developed by Wolfram Research Wolfram LanguageParadigmMulti-paradigm: term-rewriting, functional, procedural, arrayDesigned byStephen WolframDeveloperWolfram ResearchFirst appeared1988; 38 years ago (1988)Stable release15.0.0 / June 16, 2026; 2 months ago (2026-06-16) Typing disciplineDynamic, strongOSCross-platformLicenseProprietaryFilename extensions.nb, .m, .wlWebsitewww.wolfram.com/language/ Major implementationsMathematica, Mathics, Expreduce, MockMMAInfluenced by APL C C++ FORTRAN Lisp Pascal Prolog Schoonschip Simula Smalltalk SMP Influenced Jupyter Clojure Julia The Wolfram Language (/ˈwʊlfrəm/ WUUL-frəm) is a proprietary, high-level multi-paradigm programming language developed by Wolfram Research. It emphasizes symbolic computation, functional programming, and rule-based programming and can employ arbitrary structures and data. It is the programming language of the mathematical symbolic computation program Mathematica. History The Wolfram Language was part of the initial version of Mathematica in 1988. Symbolic aspects of the engine make it a computer algebra system. The language can perform integration, differentiation, matrix man