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I think rather than low status academic activity, it is just not valued in the academia... The code is usually just the by-product of the paper, and higher qual
by pca006132 6y ago
I think rather than low status academic activity, it is just not valued in the academia... The code is usually just the by-product of the paper, and higher quality code does not translate to higher quality paper.
When your code works, you probably already developed the main part of your paper, and you would have no incentives to improve on your program if what you want is just publication... At least this is what I think.
- bjarneh 6y agoI've seen many research papers where all they disclose about the software is some pseudo code + some tables with timing results to prove their "performance gains". For those types of papers I agree with your statement. But in many academic scenarios others will want to inspect the source, and the quality of that code is certainly something that will add or subtract from your "status" in the academic world so to speak :-)
- pca006132 6y agoOK, perhaps I should read more papers :)