6.4.3 Can you answer these questions?

6.4.3.1 Can one use .wls (script) files in a simple way, like Matlab scripts?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=219919

I have been fighting unsucessfully with the intricacies of creating Mathematica packages 
(Private,  scopes , context)  for a long time. 
I just need a simple version of Matlab scripts, to be able 
to  ... 
[packages]
 

asked by florin https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=54979 1 vote

6.4.3.2 Introduction to Probability

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=219883

Is there any newer book or online resource that would be good introductory text to probability with Mathematica? I have Introduction to Probability with Mathematica by Hastings but it is over 10 years  ... 
[probability-or-statistics] [reference-request]
 

asked by grga https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=70392 1 vote

6.4.3.3 Do palettes limit the execution time of a user-defined function?

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I have defined a function ConvertToMarkdown that does some long processing of a notebook: converts it to markdown, save inputs/outputs as images, generates a word cloud etc., that can take multiple  ... 
[front-end] [palettes]
 

asked by Victor K. https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1351 1 vote