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>>nsoonh+(OP)
Maybe with the power of a supercomputer, Mathematica can finally launch in less than 30s. I have no idea how a software that still does essentially the same thing as it did in 1988 can be that sluggish.

>>fsh+y7
Yet there is hardly any computing system that can replicate Mathematica tooling capabilities.

One would expect 37 years would be enough to create such alternative.

Jupiter notebooks aren't the same.

>>pjmlp+R7
Sage Math? Though I admit, unlike homogeneous Mathematica, it's just a Python glue on multiple smaller projects of different quality and poorly integrated. I wish there was something more like the Wolfram software but there isn't.

>>xvilka+u8
I've used Sage for years to run the backend (calculations/computations/graphics/prototyping) for a multivariable calculus class I teach. It's not perfect, but as a lightweight, Python-style CAS to do all sorts of "standard" calculations, it's very easy to use!