[nextaccountic]

Mathematica is proprietary software. Any reimplementation is better than nothing at all, at least for people that don't run proprietary software

[jazzyjackson]

People who don't run proprietary software also don't get tech support :) wolfram's support team is very good

[wolvesechoes]

Useless thing is not less useless by the virtue of being FOSS. That's something FOSS folks have yet to understand.

All the best to the author, they definitely have fun doing this, but I've seen enough of such attempts. Having agents doesn't make much difference.

[nextaccountic]

People said the same thing about Linux in the 90s

[j16sdiz]

The difference is huge - It burns money quicker and nobody understands the code

[Sharlin]

What's wrong with Maxima?

[messe]

Maxima is a CAS. Mathematica is a complete programming environment with an insanely featureful standard library.