Comment from Wolfgang on Wilson quote in Chapter 6. On item 2 about "textbook software engineering is not the right thing to teach most scientists.
I think there is actually an interesting point to be made here that scientists generally learn how to program on their own but rarely learn software engineering and for sure most never learn software design. I'm not sure this is the place to make that distinction, but it's something I often find looking at other projects.
Comment from Wolfgang on Wilson quote in Chapter 6. On item 2 about "textbook software engineering is not the right thing to teach most scientists.
I think there is actually an interesting point to be made here that scientists generally learn how to program on their own but rarely learn software engineering and for sure most never learn software design. I'm not sure this is the place to make that distinction, but it's something I often find looking at other projects.