Sam,

Thanks for responding. This approach is again (I think) using Wolfram Language to supply 'special' functionality. My point in that I would like to get away using Wolfram as, in effect, an API to use when I have complicated Math (or analysis or whatever).

Out of curiosity, in the case of your example, if I wanted to sell the application it seems like things would get overly complicated regarding any pricing structure. How would one do this, sell it as a subscription where someone is allowed something like 20 calculations for $1?

"Coming soon" is a relative term.

I re-read Stephen's blog, and there is certainly the potential for Wolfram Language (as we call it now) to break out of the niche it was in. A lot of the technology mentioned in the post has been demonstrated, but most is not available. When we get to play with the technology, I think there will be a lot of good new ideas and products out there.

I have used CDF, and I think that the current problem is that there is not a Mathematica 10 compliant version available. This should be coming soon. I also gave my colleague a version of Player pro for an older version of Mathematica when I got licenses for the product with Premier service. They were both useful for giving my colleagues the ability to work with interactive documents.

There are other people who contribute to the community who are consultants who provide solutions based on Mathematica. They would be in a better positron to talk about the practicalities of using Wolfram technologies.

George, thanks for taking the time to reply.

I do understand that calling Wolfram Language from other applications is available, but would only do so if there was something I couldn't do easier elsewhere. For the vast majority of things this advanced need does not exist.

My hope for Wolfram Language was primarily based on Stephen's November 13, 2013 post "Something Very Big Is Coming: Our Most Important Technology Project Yet." In rereading it I still think what is being implied is an actual ability to easily create, deploy, and sell a cohesive integrated product. If not, where is the jump from what already existed in Mathematica,

As far as licensing cost, if a need exists that can't be solved elsewhere more easily then the savings will (or probably will) be overlooked as a roadblock. The problem is that for most problems it is not 'needed'.

As far as CDFs, I looked into them when they first came out and think they were a step in the right direction but didn't seem (as far as I can tell) to have progressed. In fact, there has been a lot of question as to their future in this community.

I did not write this to complain, but to hopefully see what I am perhaps missing. I don't 'need' to write anything in Wolfram Language but have used Mathematica for a long time and know it is quite unique and does a lot of things and usually using very little code.