Publish Your Computer Code: It Is Good Enough. Barnes, N. 467(7317):753.
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Freely provided working code – whatever its quality – improves programming and enables others to engage with your research, says Nick Barnes. I am a professional software engineer and I want to share a trade secret with scientists: most professional computer software isn't very good. The code inside your laptop, television, phone or car is often badly documented, inconsistent and poorly tested.
@article{barnesPublishYourComputer2010,
  title = {Publish Your Computer Code: It Is Good Enough},
  author = {Barnes, Nick},
  date = {2010-10},
  journaltitle = {Nature},
  volume = {467},
  pages = {753},
  issn = {0028-0836},
  doi = {10.1038/467753a},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/467753a},
  abstract = {Freely provided working code -- whatever its quality -- improves programming and enables others to engage with your research, says Nick Barnes. I am a professional software engineer and I want to share a trade secret with scientists: most professional computer software isn't very good. The code inside your laptop, television, phone or car is often badly documented, inconsistent and poorly tested.},
  keywords = {*imported-from-citeulike-INRMM,~INRMM-MiD:c-8011561,free-scientific-knowledge,free-software,open-science},
  number = {7317}
}

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