Rob Pike • 11/19/2019

Computational reproducibility: Some challenges

This article examines the crisis of reproducibility in computational scientific research, where changing programming environments make old code fail. It introduces the Ten Years Reproducibility Challenge and argues that a lack of stability guarantees in languages and tools is a core problem. The author contrasts this with the Go language's promise of long-term compatibility, presenting it as a necessary bulwark against unnecessary change.

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#software maintenance #versioning #Computational Reproducibility