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WolframAlpha is not the same thing as Mathematica

Carl Love — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 21:22:13 Z

Wolfram|Alpha is not exactly the same thing as Mathematica. The former is the online "knowledge base" that uses the latter as an engine. It's one thing to update a website, and another to distribute updates for a multitude of different users' systems. I'm glad that I don't have to install a Maple update every week.

It is clear now

Christopher2222 — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 21:39:34 Z

I thought they were the same, thanks for clearing that up. Makes more sense now.

For Maple, it appears quick updates to some bugs are possible without re-distributing the core version.

Integration

Alejandro Jakubi — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 06:44:26 Z

Actually, after the description in this page, it seems that part of the functionality of Mathematica lays in the WolframAlpha server.