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Re:Science needs more research software engineers by throwawaysleep on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @01:17AM (#31578392)
State of the art doesn't necessarily mean React. Just something with unit tests and more than one giant 5000 line file.

If the requirement is that it lasts 30 years, you can choose more timeless languages like C, over say Rust.

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Re:Science needs more research software engineers by cozzyd on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @02:20AM (#31578772)
I guess a better word for that might be "not terrible" :).

And yes, way too much research code reads like somebody's first coding project.

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