Why Mathematica is Not My Favorite Programming System by Prof. Richard Fateman

A recording of a live guest lecture given to Stanford CS50 on May 7, 1993. A review of the Mathematica system and its underlying language as of 1993 by Richard Fateman, University of California, Berkeley professor of computer science. Illustrations of pitfalls in the design of such systems and Mathematica in particular, as well as comments on the use of Mathematica (now "Wolfram Language") for introductory programming and system building.