The thing is that most people working in academic computer science are not very good programmers. They don't have to be, as their main duty is not to produce wo

The thing is that most people working in academic computer science are not very good programmers. They don't have to be, as their main duty is not to produce working code, but to produce publishable papers. Of course there are very good computer scientists who are also great programmers, and this is where the practically relevant research is produced.