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montezuma

Apr 21, 2012
8:29 PM EDT 		The basic principle of science is reproducibility (or otherwise).

Instead of obtaining source code the other scientists should reproduce (or otherwise) the scientific results by writing their own software.

This serves as an additional check and in fact is what normally happens.

Trudging through someone else's source code to reproduce their results is not the way science happens. This is a misconception of someone who is not a scientist
gus3

Apr 21, 2012
9:22 PM EDT 		Indeed. Seen yesterday and today on Groklaw:

Quoting:Q. Was Timsort accepted and added into OpenJDK?

A. Yes.

...

Q. Did Sun ever say anything about Timsort?

A. Yes, Mark Reinhold praised it for its speed on his blog.
Sometimes, a new pair of eyes can make all the difference.

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