Re:What's the point of writing good scientific software?
by JohnBooty on Wednesday February 13, 2013 @10:19AM
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Instead of, "But the author seems to have considered (and discarded) them"
I ought to have written, "But the author has considered them and concluded that their benefits don't outweigh their costs in his case."
I totally support what you're saying! IMHO it's definitely not worth it to document/open-source/etc code at the cost of one's career or happiness, especially when the code is of questionable utility to others.
I ought to have written, "But the author has considered them and concluded that their benefits don't outweigh their costs in his case."
I totally support what you're saying! IMHO it's definitely not worth it to document/open-source/etc code at the cost of one's career or happiness, especially when the code is of questionable utility to others.