Re: Coding your own

[M. Lang & S. Railsback]

glen e. p. ropella wrote:
> but, I can say that I agree wholeheartedly.  However, the important
> caveat is that the modeler can't be ignorant of the code anymore
> than the coder can be ignorant of the model.  The *primary* aspect

Right, that's a point that gets skipped over in the argument- the
modeler still has the obligation to read, check, test the code. 

In fact, one of the most important benefits of using a programmer may be
forcing the modeler to do code tests that otherwise are too easy to
skip.

SR
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