All I know is that Python is free for all use cases.Īs a disclaimer and spoiler up front: I did not use Mathematica beyond 11 and transitioned to 100% Python. I don’t know all the details about Wolframs licensing scheme and don’t want to read all the fine print. Although, the free Engine is a nice idea and opens up the ecosystem a bit it is still not free for production or even research. On the Wolfram side Mathematica 13.2 is released and the ecosystem became a bit more open with Python integration and even a “free” Wolfram Engine. Also new packages like streamlit and FastAPI help to get your data science projects out there even faster. Python gained a lot in popularity especially due to the influx of data scientist. So I think it deserves an update.įour years is a long time and a lot has changed. Also, I got some direct enquires by Wolfram employees and an enquire to write a book. It gained quite some popularity and reached place one on the google search. Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700K CPU 4.It has been now almost four years since my last post about Mathematica vs Python. Jupyter kernel: Wolfram Language kernel ( ) Wolfram Engine: activated Free Wolfram Engine 12.3.0 I have another machine and didn't open the notebook in vscode on it, so I didn't not encounter the problem. I encountered this trouble twice and contacted Wolfram Research to reset my activation key. Once opened it in vscode, anything (including vscode, JupyterLab, and directly executing 'wolframscript') did not work at all because of the license error. In JupyterLab and Jupyter Notebook, I could open and execute this notebook with no trouble. Then vscode could not execute the cells at all.Īfter opened it in vscode, I executed the command 'wolframscript' and it showed 'The Wolfram Engine could not be activated using your Wolfram ID.' It said that the activation had been expired and would not use Wolfram Engine again. I created a Notebook of the Wolfram Language kernel in JupyterLab and opened it in vscode.

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