Wolfram Language

The Wolfram Language is a proprietary, high-level multi-paradigm programming language developed by Wolfram Research. It emphasizes symbolic computation, functional programming, and rule-based programming and can employ arbitrary structures and data. It is the programming language of the mathematical symbolic computation program Mathematica. Wikipedia

Created Year: 1988
Designed by: Wolfram Research
Developed by: Wolfram Research • Stephen Wolfram
Operating systems: Linux • macOS • Microsoft Windows
Aliases: Wolfram, Mathematica language, Mathematica, .nb, .m, .wl
File extensions: cdf, m, nb, wl, wls

Wikidata: Q15241057

Influenced by: APL • C • C++ • Fortran • Lisp • Pascal • Prolog • Simula • Smalltalk

Programming paradigms: array programming • imperative programming • multi-paradigm programming • object-oriented programming • declarative programming • functional programming

Language types: array programming language • imperative programming language • interpreted language • functional programming language • declarative programming language • multi-paradigm programming language • object-based language

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Latest data update: 2026-10-22