Given that there is also open source code, reviewers have the chance
to take a look at that and see the degree of hackiness involved.
Well, yes. It's easy enough to evaluate stuff such as non-descriptive
variable names, messy indenting, and weird comments.
But there's a catch here: There are so many programming languages that
it's very well possible that the code is written in a language you don't
understand.
i think we're ratholing here. the point i get is that, if there is open
source code that suppliments the drafts sufficiently to lend confidence
in the implementability and implementation, then progress might be
accelerated.
notice the if
randy