Abstract
e describe a study into the extent to which Computer Systems researchers share their
code and data and the extent to which such code builds. Starting with 601 papers from ACM
conferences and journals, we examine 402 papers whose results were backed by code. For 32.3%
of these papers we were able to obtain the code and build it within 30 minutes; for 48.3% of the
papers we managed to build the code, but it may have required extra effort; for 54.0% of the
papers either
we
managed to build the code or the authors stated the code would build with
reasonable effort. We also propose a novel
sharing specification
scheme that requires researchers
to specify the level of sharing that reviewers and readers can assume from a paper
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