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Let’s face it, is this researcher ever going to read a book on scientific computing in OCaml? Most researchers won’t even read a book on scientific computing.
by Bukhmanizer 6y ago
Let’s face it, is this researcher ever going to read a book on scientific computing in OCaml? Most researchers won’t even read a book on scientific computing.
- fluffything 6y agoI suppose this book exists because somebody developed a scientific computing course at university that uses it. So I'd expect that every year, there will at least be a class of 30 scientists taking this course.
- jimbokun 6y agoWhy do you think that? That's like saying "most programmers would never read a book about science, or finance...", or whatever field they are writing software for.
- gnufx 6y ago> Why do you think that? Observation in research support, I'd guess. It typically no longer seems to be the case that you do whatever you need to for your data.