Character of Scientific Programmers

• Prefer a high-level approach to programming
  • The language they know, unless you have proof that something else is better

  • No assembly coding

  • Same code on all platforms

  • Opinions of the formal computer science community regarded skeptically

  • Exceptions to the above may be made for something fun
    • Parallel programming is rarely fun

• Usually grounded in numerical analysis
  • Academic education in numerical analysis is shared-memory serial

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