Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site brl-vgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!houxm!houxz!vax135!floyd!cmcl2!seismo!brl-tgr!brl-vgr!gwyn From: gwyn@brl-vgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: Re: RE: UNIX for physicists Message-ID: <3439@brl-vgr.ARPA> Date: Sun, 17-Jun-84 04:06:12 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-vgr.3439 Posted: Sun Jun 17 04:06:12 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 22-Jun-84 08:53:58 EDT References: <2876@teklabs.UUCP>, <7345@unc.UUCP> Organization: Ballistics Research Lab Lines: 6 As long as we're on this topic, I'm curious about the reasons for physicists & engineers writing their own code, especially if they are not also software professionals. Seems like one would be better off describing the task (solution method included) to a professional programmer. I have seen a lot of (non-software) professional time burned up with very poor relative results.