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I know of a company, made up of scientists from academia, that develops software by writing the code (or "codes" as they call it) in Microsoft Word documents an

I know of a company, made up of scientists from academia, that develops software by writing the code (or "codes" as they call it) in Microsoft Word documents and e-mailing them to eachother. Some how, they are still in business. True story.

xxd 15y ago
This wouldn't be a healthcare startup in SF, would it?
- reinhardt 15y ago
  I shudder to think that such a "company" could be developing health-related software.
  - madaxe 15y ago
    You should see the shit they design pharmaceuticals with.
    - TWAndrews 15y ago
      Oh my god yes. As someone who cut their teeth developing software for pharmaceutical research, I can testify that a much of it is absolute crap, by a variety of metrics.
w1ntermute 15y ago
> writing the code (or "codes" as they call it) It's funny how this exact same mistake is made in the linked paper. For some reason, people outside of IT can't get it into their minds that "code" is an uncountable noun in this context.
- CurtHagenlocher 15y ago
  This seems to be the standard in technical computing; people say "codes" instead of "code".