RT @joeerl: @janschiefer Yes - I always have a sub-directory full of PDF files, clips, text files etc of the research I had to do to write the program. The resultant code might only be a few lines but I might have had to read dozens of things to arrive at the code. Throwing away the research is crazy.

Yes - I always have a sub-directory full of PDF files, clips, text files etc of the research I had to do to write the program. The resultant code might only be a few lines but I might have had to read dozens of things to arrive at the code. Throwing away the research is crazy.

— Joe Armstrong (@joeerl) November 25, 2017