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- From: peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva)
- Subject: Re: Scientists as Programmers (was Re: Small Language Wanted)
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- References: <1992Aug31.135937.5801@dcc.uchile.cl> <1992Sep1.173636.6387@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> <1992Sep2.133810.24957@newsroom.bsc.no>
- Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 14:41:52 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep2.133810.24957@newsroom.bsc.no> izahi@bsc.no (Raul Izahi Lopez Hernandez) writes:
- > A good compiler and a good optimizer can help any scientist to write
- > reasonable code, however there is no software yet that can help a CS
- > person write any physics code.
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- I don't know any compiler that can make up for the choice of a bad algorithm.
- If the program uses bogo-sort it may work, but it'll sure hold things up later
- on when you start using live data.
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