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Totally agree. Seems he has a bit of a chip on his shoulder, by frequently mentioning "software engineering" in quotes.

And as someone who had the grave misfortune of having some experience in scientific code, all I can do is laugh at the OP's link. Yeah sure, scientist's are great at programming. I say let them off at it, because I want nothing to do with it. I value my sanity too much :)