• 0xc0ba17@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Mathematicians and scientists are notoriously awful programmers. They get shit done but with absolutely 0 regard to good practices and reusability.

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      1 year ago

      Would have thought mathematicians would be slightly better at writing functions

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      1 year ago

      It’s kind of like hiring a bunch of physicists to design a bridge. It’ll probably be a great bridge, but also probably overly complex, expensive and late. And for some reason made out of a novel alloy.