CCL: Science code manifesto

 Sent to CCL by: Pedro Silva [pedros(_)ufp.edu.pt]
 2011/10/17 João Brandão jbrandao+/-ualg.pt
 <owner-chemistry-.-ccl.net>:
 > Sorry, but I disagree.
 >
 > "but if there are real concerns about the work, it is necessary that
 the
 > scientific
 > community can look seriously at the code to see exactly what the program is
 > doing."
 >
 > In my opinion:
 > If anyone has real concerns about any work, the best way for science
 > development is to write (or use) a different code and compare the results.
 >
 The problem is: if the results do not agree with each other, how can
 you adjudicate between the competing claims without access to the
 code?