https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/0903.3971/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1110041urn:hackerpapers:mention:0903.3971:1110041Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:45:58 GMT<p>I am not surprised that people find errors in code written by researchers and grad students who have little training in software development and, perhaps more importantly, are doing so in a culture which values them writing papers, not good code. (See for example http://lanl.arxiv.org/abs/0903.3971 for a discussion of this situation in astronomy/astrophysics.) I find it much more surprising that professionally developed software used for scientific research is also error ridden. And while it might be difficult to convince individual researchers to release their code, that&#x27;s nothing compared…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/0903.3971/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>astro-ph.IMhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=532327urn:hackerpapers:submission:0903.3971:532327Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:47:08 GMT<p>Astronomical Software Wants To Be Free: A Manifesto</p><p></p><p>3 points; 1 discussion reply on HN. <a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/0903.3971/">Paper and source history</a>. A submission is not an endorsement.</p>astro-ph.IM