"Franklin" Method for learning good programming?
I have thought it strange that we teach students to write programs before we teach them to read them. 

A short time ago I read about some research about this. It stated that the problem is finding good programming works that is of a standard similar to the standard of great literary works. They may exist, but no one has compiled a collection.

They would have to be at least:


Free Software / Open Source.
Well written.
“Reading age” appropriate. (That is programming reading age)




I will try to remember where I read it, and report back.

Could be one of these:
 - Mind-storms — Seymour Papert (page &lt; 116 (I am up to page 116) )
 - Hacking The Curriculum — Ian Living Stone &amp; Shahneila Saeed (page &lt;= 72)
 - Hello Word magazine issue 3
 - Somewhere else.

Sorry I can't find it. It is most likely in the 1st, then the 2nd etc. If I find it then I will update.