Programming for the Planet @propl.dev · Jun 15 1 / 2
@dorchard.bsky.social then makes the case that general purpose programming languages are impeding our scientific communication! That's because complexity often obscures meaning in our source code. For example, fluid simulations often need to be rewritten for a different hardware architecture
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"Mind the gap" applies to science says @dorchard.bsky.social: code has an abstract model that's lost on the way to getting results. Why don't we communicate via the code? Programming languages are *too* general purpose to help here. Names have no intrinsic meaning in PLs but are helpful to humans.