[R] [FORGED] Re: Wolfram Engine for Developers

[Jeff Newmiller]

Who let the editor in here? :-)
Anyway, I stand corrected.

On July 6, 2019 3:37:52 PM PDT, Rolf Turner <r.turner using auckland.ac.nz> wrote:
>
>On 6/07/19 11:15 PM, Jeff Newmiller wrote:
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><SNIP>
>
>> I have tried both Mathematica and Wolfram Alpha at times and found
>neither
>> of them so compelling that I felt the slightest bit jealous of people
>who
>> have licensed access to Wolfram's tools and services.
>
><SNIP>
>
>You mean "... *envious* of people ... "!!! :-)
>
>I once explained the difference between "envious" and "jealous" to my 
>wife Victoria, by means of the following parable:
>
>Suppose that you were walking down that the street one day, engaged in 
>conversation with our good friend Jeff Newmiller [1] and you chanced to
>
>look up and catch sight of me, locked in a hot passionate embrace with 
>[e.g.] Tessa Thompson.  *You* (Victoria) would be jealous.  Jeff would 
>be envious.
>
>cheers,
>
>Rolf
>
>[1] Obviously I used the name of a bloke who is actually in my wife's 
>and my circle of acquaintances when I first inflicted this parable upon
>
>my wife.  Also I am "of course" assuming here that Jeff is
>heterosexual.

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