A little bit of Mathematica history
Last updated Jan 20, 2012.
By Nasser M. Abbasi

Here are my Mathematica related bookmarks

version Release date Binary .exe size (in bytes) Number of pages in the Mathematica book by Wolfram Lines of code Number of Functions (approximate) see plot in ref (3) in System context only Functions in System Mathematica symbols using Length[Names["System`*"]]

1.0 June 23, 1988     150,000 600  

1.1 1989            
1.2 August 1, 1989            
2.0 January 15, 1991     350,000 883    
2.1 June 15, 1992

         
2.2 June 1, 1993   961 (second edition)

       
3.0 September 3, 1996   1403 600,000 1200

   
3.0.1 July 29, 1997      

   
4.0 May 19, 1999   1496 800,000 1300    
4.0.1 September 1999      

   
4.0.2 August 2000      

   
4.1 November 2, 2000 49,224,870   850,000     1861 listing
4.2 November 1, 2002            
5.0 June 12, 2003 89,337,856 1488 1.5 millions 1500   1920 listing
5.0.1 January 2004            
5.1 October 25, 2004 112,734,208         1984 listing
5.1.1 March 2005            
5.2 June 20, 2005 159,301,632         1984 listing
6.0 May 1, 2007 476,127,232   2.5 millions 2100   2958 listing
6.0.1 July 5, 2007 468,983,808   2.5 millions

   
6.0.2 March 2008            
6.0.3 June 2008            
7.0 November 18, 2008 478,662,656     2550

listing HTML

listing PDF

notebook

mathematica7functions.txt

packagesFunctions.txt

3429 listing

7.0.1 March 5, 2009            
8.0 November 15, 2010 1,315,961,636 (1.3 GB, on Linux)
811 MB (Windows .EXE)
    2467

functions and symbols listing HTML PDF

process.nb
getUsageMessages.nb

4141 HTML PDF

8.0.1 Feb 23 , 2011 832.51 MB for windows .EXE (872,945,544 bytes)     2468

functions and symbols listing HTML PDF

process.nb
getUsageMessages.nb

4129
HTML PDF

8.0.4 October 26 , 2011 916 MB for windows .EXE (960,254,792 bytes)      

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