On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 11:01:36AM -0600, Eric Schulte wrote: > I think the difference between these two is that in LP the "product" is > the executable piece of software, where as in RR the "product" is the > document itself.
This is true, and I think the explanation suffers somewhat as a result of this. But I don't think the demarcation you present is as significant as it seems from your explanation. Perhaps we can think of the example I provided as being one of "reproducible research by means of literate programming." The Sweave stuff, particularly in cases like the one I describe (and arguably, when "done right") I think works to transform the "product" of research from a static document to an "executable document," of sorts. The analysis (the research?) happens, (at least theoretically) in real time, and the document is just a snapshot/representation of this: another output of the program. Indeed the programming of the generation of a document, no matter how complex, is not the "sexiest" expression of the programmer's art, but I think it still counts. And to be fair, Sweave/LP approaches to research reporting, doesn't include reproducible data collection techniques/documentation which is a big part of RR, at least in my mind. I'm interested in you project (a lot, actually) but I must admit that I'm not much of a numbers guy any more, as if I ever was one. :) Cheers, sam -- tycho(ish) @ ga...@tychoish.com http://www.tychoish.com/ http://www.criticalfutures.com/ "don't get it right, get it written" -- james thurber _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
