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That's true both ways though: if a theoretical physicist wants to display a model for a new theorem, it'd be probably easier for them to learn some python or js than for a software engineer to understand the theorems.

>>scotty+(OP)
If this is the case is discoverable, for at least one direction. Reproducability is known to be a problem in some of the sciences, for various reasons. Find a paper that includes its data and software/methodology used for analysis, and try to get it running and producing the same results. Evaluate the included software/methodology on whatever software quality standards you feel are necessary or appropriate.