Theoretical chemist turned research software engineer. Leads @coderefine.
Apr 16, 2019 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
"The publication of scientific Fortran programs" by K. V. Roberts celebrates its 50 year anniversary (doi.org/10.1016/0010-4…) - this is a remarkable and underrated paper which is surprisingly modern and relevant - few gems: (1/9)
- "Programs should be published in source language (rather than binary)"
- "The scientific community should always be able to verify that a published program will produce correct results"
- "A published program will form part of a permanent international literature"