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Re:Why Fortran is a scientific powerhouse by d4mi3n on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @06:10PM (#34332790)
I don't think this reflects the OP's concern: It's not that code-reuse is bad in and of itself, it's that the code being reused is being reused without maintenance or review.
Re:Why Fortran is a scientific powerhouse by chmaynard on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @07:27PM (#34333451)
Good point. For example, I'm sure no trained professional would ever copy code from StackOverflow.
Re:Why Fortran is a scientific powerhouse by d4mi3n on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @03:34PM (#34344291)
This gave me both a good groan and chuckle.

You're pointing out a place where I think many software engineers are either untrained, unprofessional, or both. There's already a large body of discourse around the problems that come from these practices—licensing violations, security breaches, and stupendously dumb bugs.

Professional rigor is a thing I wish our industry had more of, but in practice you don't see much rigor outside of safety critical applications because there is rarely incentive for it.