On Mon, 28 May 2007 13:46:03 +0200 Ralf Corsepius wrote: > On Mon, 2007-05-28 at 11:47 +0200, Axel Thimm wrote: > > On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 10:15:01AM +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > > > On Mon, 2007-05-28 at 09:44 +0200, Patrice Dumas wrote: > > > > On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 09:34:20AM +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > > > > > > > In general scientists do coding > > > > just fine but don't want to do more nor even think about it (no > > > > packaging, no thoughts on system administration...). > > > Well, in 90% of all such cases, "their coding" goes into > > > implementing complex algorithms, while their programs complexity > > > is not much different from "hello world". > > > > This sounds quite arrogant. > > Feel free to think what you want - These number cruncher guys apps > condense down to a > > READ STDIN > CALL ALGORITHM > PRINT STDOUT > > Their typical usage: > > ./myapp < inputdata >output > ... wait <couple of days> ... > lpr output Oh Ralf, you're such a sweetheart! Bursting with optimism about all of human-kind! :-) Yes, some scientists/engineers are dreadful coders and should never be allowed to admin any systems, not even small one-button toaster ovens. Some are brilliant coders and/or admins who develop novel algorithms/ approaches and build/manage their own clusters. Many fall somewhere between those two extremes. Your "condense down" comments are just silly. Really... silly... Ed -- Edward H. Hill III, PhD | ed@xxxxxxx | http://eh3.com/
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