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> there are comments for every line. I used to work at a company that wrote an atomic scale simulation package. Every dev was a physics/chemistry PhD turned co
by montecarl 3y ago
> there are comments for every line.
I used to work at a company that wrote an atomic scale simulation package. Every dev was a physics/chemistry PhD turned coder. We didn't quite hit one comment for _every_ line of code, but we were close! At first I really hated this style; one comment every few lines. However, I eventually learned to kind of like it, even though it was a bit redundant.
I don't really have a point here, but I just wanted to echo your statement that the physicists-turned-coder style is real!
- geysersam 3y agoJesus living through that now. Physics PhDs and postdocs turned coders all around. They dislike anything "not made here" and can build tools for years before a prototype solution to the actual problem exists. System design decisions are made frivolously and end user feedback is actively discouraged, "have to be careful who we show this to" one said in a meeting after something got criticized by an end user representative. I'm venting a bit but it is a culture clash for sure.
- StarlaAtNight 3y agoJesus is back?!? And she’s a Physics PhD?!?