From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Julien Lepiller Subject: Re: Feedback from JRES in Dijon Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 15:42:29 +0100 Message-ID: <14A62244-3626-4146-B40E-BC5CED4B78D3@lepiller.eu> References: <8D474474-AF4C-4B03-9D38-3BB089BEE4EB@lepiller.eu> <87tv6ec048.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----2BPB162EVV1MPV9R1K4SRMFVGG22N5" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:50225) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1icsKz-0007nC-J5 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Dec 2019 09:42:38 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1icsKy-0001HA-7K for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Dec 2019 09:42:37 -0500 Received: from lepiller.eu ([2a00:5884:8208::1]:42080) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1icsKx-0001Bl-QH for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Dec 2019 09:42:36 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87tv6ec048.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Pierre Neidhardt , guix-devel@gnu.org ------2BPB162EVV1MPV9R1K4SRMFVGG22N5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable So they are doing physical simulation (fluid dynamics), so they don't (can'= t) get the same result when running the same experiment twice=2E They wart = replicability, that is, even if the results are different, they are close e= nough to each other that you have to draw the same scientific conclusion, i= ndependent of your compiler or other package inputs=2E Le 5 d=C3=A9cembre 2019 15:34:15 GMT+01:00, Pierre Neidhardt a =C3=A9crit : >Thanks for the feedback! > >> The person I talked to at lunch was a bit skeptical about Guix=2E They >> have it and Nix, with module on their cluster=2E They told me they were >> more concerned about replicability than reproducibility=2E > >What's replicability? > >--=20 >Pierre Neidhardt >https://ambrevar=2Exyz/ --=20 Envoy=C3=A9 de mon appareil Android avec Courriel K-9 Mail=2E Veuillez exc= user ma bri=C3=A8vet=C3=A9=2E ------2BPB162EVV1MPV9R1K4SRMFVGG22N5 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable So they are doing physical simulation (fluid dynam= ics), so they don't (can't) get the same result when running the same exper= iment twice=2E They wart replicability, that is, even if the results are di= fferent, they are close enough to each other that you have to draw the same= scientific conclusion, independent of your compiler or other package input= s=2E

Le 5 d=C3=A9cembre 2019 15:34:15 GMT= +01:00, Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar=2Exyz> a =C3=A9crit :

Thanks for the feedback!

The person I talked to at lunch was a bit skep=
tical about Guix=2E They
have it and Nix, with module on their cluster=
=2E They told me they were
more concerned about replicability than repro=
ducibility=2E

What's replicability?

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