It Will Never Work in Theory

IEEE Software is publishing a short retrospective on this project in 2024. A preprint is available on the magazine's site, or you can download a PDF directly.

@article{nwit2024,
  author = {Greg Wilson and Jorge Aranda and Michael Hoye and Brittany Johnson},
  title = {It Will Never Work in Theory},
  journal = {IEEE Software},
  year = {2024},
  doi = {10.1109/MS.2024.3362649},
  link = {https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/so/5555/01/10424425/1Ulj1Qa8tJ6}
}

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