Re:Mistaken Identifiers: Gene name errors introduced inadver...
by ycitm on Sunday April 21, 2013 @04:02PM
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You're right, of course. The problem in the R&R case is not with Excel itself, but that it's being used with a lack of rigour.
If it were being done in C# or R I would expect unit tests and so on. I'm not saying that would make such a mistake impossible, but programmers have processes and tools for a reason.
In the OPs case the problem actually is with excel though.
If it were being done in C# or R I would expect unit tests and so on. I'm not saying that would make such a mistake impossible, but programmers have processes and tools for a reason.
In the OPs case the problem actually is with excel though.