From owner-chemistry@ccl.net Thu Oct 20 12:56:00 2011
From: "Mihaly Mezei Mihaly.Mezei ~~ mssm.edu" <owner-chemistry+/-server.ccl.net>
To: CCL
Subject: CCL: Science code manifesto
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Sent to CCL by: Mihaly Mezei [Mihaly.Mezei(-)mssm.edu]
> Hi! A couple of people have suggested that explaining and providing 
> details of software code is like providing details of the design of  a piece of
> equipment used to perform a measurement. I don't think this is 
> accurate.Experimentalists have to justify and validate the 
> experimental approach, not the design of the equipment. 

So, why do we have to justify the design of our equipment (i.e., the source code)?

Or, conversely, why don't they have to to justify the design of their equipment?

Mihaly Mezei

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