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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Mathematicians and scientists are notoriously awful programmers. They get shit done but with absolutely 0 regard to good practices and reusability.

[–] coloredgrayscale 2 points 1 year ago

Would have thought mathematicians would be slightly better at writing functions

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's kind of like hiring a bunch of physicists to design a bridge. It'll probably be a great bridge, but also probably overly complex, expensive and late. And for some reason made out of a novel alloy.