Challenge to scientists: does your ten-year-old code still run?

Re:Challenge to scientists: does your ten-year-old code stil... by gowld on Monday August 24, 2020 @12:19PM (#24262142)

"quality" is a subjectit word. Let's be clear what this means:

Individual researchers, and in many disciplines (like physics), there is almost no emphasis on correct results, merely on believable results.

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Re:Challenge to scientists: does your ten-year-old code stil... by bumby on Monday August 24, 2020 @01:04PM (#24262699)

There are a few standardized definitions. The most succinct bring “quality is the adherence to requirements”.

As an example, if your science has the requirement of being replicable (as it should) there are a host of best practices that should flow down to the software development requirements. Not implementing those best practices would be indicative of lower quality

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