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Random Wolfram story, was at lunch yesterday at my old college and respected computer scientist who originally interviewed me. He told me that he first showed Wolfram a computer.

This guy was a friend of Wolfram's mother who asked for help because 8 year old Stephen was "bored with dinosaurs" and wanted something else to think about.



How did the respected computer scientist feel about having unleashed Stephen Wolfram upon the computing world? :)


Well at least he diverted him away from dinosaurs, otherwise Jurassic Park might have been a documentary!




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