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> [There are a few very small incompatible changes - I really doubt most people will ever run into them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-wolfram/there-are-a-few-very-small-incompatible-changes-i-really-doubt-most/)

[Stephen Wolfram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-wolfram/)

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## More by Stephen Wolfram

> [It has been proven that the universe is computationally equivalent to my ego.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-wolfram/it-has-been-proven-that-the-universe-is-computationally-equivalent-to/)

[Stephen Wolfram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-wolfram/)

> [The fact that the same symbolic programming primitives work for those as work for math kinds of things, I think, really validates the idea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-wolfram/the-fact-that-the-same-symbolic-programming-primitives-work-for-those/)

[Stephen Wolfram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-wolfram/)

> [Well, the first thing to say is that we've worked hard to maintain compatibility, so that any program written with an earlier version of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-wolfram/well-the-first-thing-to-say-is-that-we-ve-worked-hard-to-maintain/)

[Stephen Wolfram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-wolfram/)

> [The most important precedents deal with the whole idea of symbolic programming - the notion of setting up symbolic expressions that can represent anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-wolfram/the-most-important-precedents-deal-with-the-whole-idea-of-symbolic/)

[Stephen Wolfram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-wolfram/)

> [What I realized is that if we're going to be able to have a theory about what happens in, for example, nature there has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-wolfram/what-i-realized-is-that-if-we-re-going-to-be-able-to-have-a-theory/)

[Stephen Wolfram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-wolfram/)

> [Stephen Wolfram is the creator of Mathematica and is widely regarded as the most important innovator in scientific and technical computing today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-wolfram/stephen-wolfram-is-the-creator-of-mathematica-and-is-widely-regarded/)

[Stephen Wolfram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-wolfram/)

> [“It's always seemed like a big mystery how nature, seemingly so effortlessly, manages to produce so much that seems to us so complex. Well,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-wolfram/it-s-always-seemed-like-a-big-mystery-how-nature-seemingly-so/)

[Stephen Wolfram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-wolfram/)

> [“I'm committed to seeing this project done. To see if within this decade we can finally hold in our hands the rule for our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-wolfram/i-m-committed-to-seeing-this-project-done-to-see-if-within-this/)

[Stephen Wolfram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-wolfram/)

> [You kind of alluded to it in your introduction. I mean, for the last 300 or so years, the exact sciences have been dominated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-wolfram/you-kind-of-alluded-to-it-in-your-introduction-i-mean-for-the-last/)

[Stephen Wolfram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-wolfram/)

> [I want to know the truth, however perverted that may sound.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-wolfram/i-want-to-know-the-truth-however-perverted-that-may-sound/)

[Stephen Wolfram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-wolfram/)

> [People have been trying to do kind of natural language processing with computers for decades and there has only been sort of slow progress…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-wolfram/people-have-been-trying-to-do-kind-of-natural-language-processing/)

[Stephen Wolfram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-wolfram/)

> [Rocks are computationally equivalent to humans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-wolfram/rocks-are-computationally-equivalent-to-humans/)

[Stephen Wolfram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-wolfram/)

> [So the thing I realized rather gradually - I must say starting about 20 years ago now that we know about computers and things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-wolfram/so-the-thing-i-realized-rather-gradually-i-must-say-starting-about-20/)

[Stephen Wolfram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-wolfram/)

> [...All the wonders of our universe can in effect be captured by simple rules, yet ... there can be no way to know all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-wolfram/all-the-wonders-of-our-universe-can-in-effect-be-captured-by-simple/)

[Stephen Wolfram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-wolfram/)

> [There are a few very small incompatible changes - I really doubt most people will ever run into them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-wolfram/there-are-a-few-very-small-incompatible-changes-i-really-doubt-most/)

[Stephen Wolfram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-wolfram/)

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