ok, let me see if the ML helps...

what shall we do with computer code?
http://wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Source_code
There is still a deletion request on ws.org,
it has been there for a long time, and I am not
sure what to do...

As a programmer, my opinion is that source code on
wikisource is useless. Wikisourceis not a repository
for source code, despite its confusing name.

I therefore support deletion.

the only exception would for programs whose interest
goes beyond programming (eg quines, or pieces of
code that have a historical value)

I agree as well. While I have only a very little bit of programming knowledge, it is still quite clear that most of our computer code, such as the pages like "Hello world" are entirely not needed, and don't fit Wikisource's goals as I see them. All the "example" bits of code I say we delete soon. This should not discourage posting code for programs that have been released into the public domain, however--surely Wikisource should carry those. I believe one of the Wolfensteins is in the public domain; having that on WS would be great.

Just wait until we start changing all the links on Wikipedia and Wikibooks that link to the Wikisource source code. It'll be yet another pleasant debate...And while we're talking about source code, what about reference material in general? Like " x to the y places"? It would make sense to nix those as well.

Z