Research code is infinitely better than no code. Research papers are almost never complete enough to reimplement it (seriously - I met a lot of academicians doi

Research code is infinitely better than no code. Research papers are almost never complete enough to reimplement it (seriously - I met a lot of academicians doing it, and most of the time it was not possible without contacting authors; just - text does not compile). Vide: http://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/23237/why-are-papers-without-code-but-with-results-accepted http://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/23237/why-are-pa... http://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/37370/should-i-share-my-horrible-software http://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/37370/should-i-s... (A similar things holds for data as well.)