Why is "doing software engineering" not "doing science"?
Anybody who has conducted experimental research will say they spent 80% of the time using a hammer or a spanner. Repairing faulty lasers or power supplies. This process of reliable and repeatable experimentation is the basis of science itself.
Computational experiments must be held to the same standards as physical experiments. They must be reproducible and they should be publicly available (if publicly funded).
Anybody who has conducted experimental research will say they spent 80% of the time using a hammer or a spanner. Repairing faulty lasers or power supplies. This process of reliable and repeatable experimentation is the basis of science itself.
Computational experiments must be held to the same standards as physical experiments. They must be reproducible and they should be publicly available (if publicly funded).