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Mathematica symbols are the ultimate atoms of symbolic data. Every symbol has a unique name, exists in a certain Mathematica context or namespace, and can have a variety of types of values and attributes.

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How can I use the Klingon alphabet symbols?

Note: This functionality is presently missing. See: How to add named characters to Mathematica 10? Mathematica apparently supports the Klingon alphabet: MemberQ[$CharacterEncodings, "Klingon"] …
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PlusMinus definition unexpectedly affects plotting

In version 10.1 I found a strange Plot behavior I did not anticipate. It seems that various heads including PlusMinus are treated as wrappers and stripped by Plot in a way that is not safe. This mea …
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Is garbage collection broken in version 10.0.0?

[x_] := 1; foo[0]], {10}] Names["foo$*"] {"foo$593", "foo$594", "foo$595", "foo$596", "foo$597", "foo$598", "foo$599", "foo$600", "foo$601", "foo$602"} I am aware that in past versions Module Symbols
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Is the sharing of variables in Module/Block within Compile documented behavior?

Today I noticed something, I think for the first time. When used inside Compile variable values within Module (and Block) are sequentially shared: Compile[{}, Module[{a = 7, b = a}, b + 1] ][] …
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