You are right, but... I, as an academician, have another perspective. Often the very reason why the code is throwaway is because it is so bad. That's also one

You are right, but... I, as an academician, have another perspective. Often the very reason why the code is throwaway is because it is so bad. That's also one of the reasons why it is so difficult to replicate research. If code was more reusable, maybe there would not be that much need for throwaway because, well, we could use the code from one research project in another. But, it is difficult to teach old dogs new tricks, I guess...