Isn't it weird that CERN and high energy physicists develop things like C++ interpreters and the world wide web?<p>I'm really glad these things exist (well less so with cling, as I'd pick a different language if speed wasn't my top concern but I understand how useful this is to play around with code you later plan to use at a larger scale).<p>Anyway my point is that I'm not sure this was how it should work - this isn't really physics? Why does it the up being paid for with physics funding?