In the early 2003-2004 during preparing my PhD thesis about theoretical calculations of lifetimes of Super Heavy nuclei
I've decided to handle Fortran output data for each nuclei using .NET.
The aim of the calculation was to choose a "path" of consequent alpha decays for the Darmstadtium 269 and Darmstadtium 271.
In simple "not scientific" words to check all the posibilites for the 271Ds (on a picture the "road is an arrows" of the decay):
Calculated single-particle spectra of nuclei belonging to the α-decay chain
To calculate this chain I had to campare the probabilites of each nuclei to emit gamma or aplpha:
- gamma - it is arrow to the bottom of nuclei
- aplha - it is an arrow to the left bottom
And that is a path of decay :)
Actually code - it is a good example of all possible coding anti-patterns used by a beginning programmer.
In my lexicon a good expression for it - intuitive programming.
Finally, I've decided to show it here beacause of two things:
- the code "brought the result" and still works - yes it is difficult to read, maintain or understand, but it works
- such "dummy" code can be an motivation or expiration to beginning programmers keep going developing their skills and believe your own!