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  3. From: ajtd@honey.st-and.ac.uk (Tony Davie)
  4. Newsgroups: comp.edu,comp.lang.fortran,sci.general,sci.math
  5. Subject: Re: Scientists as Programmers (was Re: Small Language Wanted)
  6. Message-ID: <1992Aug28.143605.8211@st-andrews.ac.uk>
  7. Date: 28 Aug 92 14:36:05 GMT
  8. References: <1992Aug25.154501.8654@colorado.edu> <1992Aug26.192410.6523@ultb.isc.rit.edu> <1992Aug27.154823.583@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca>
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  14. In article <1992Aug27.154823.583@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca>, mroussel@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Marc Roussel) writes:
  15.  
  16. > Scientists think that any code that executes
  17. > correctly and quickly is OK.
  18.  
  19. How do they know it's correct?
  20.