First and foremost, explicitly saving your results, and labeling them as results, creates a reproducible record of what inputs led to what outputs, and allows the entire result production process to be reproducible with a single click.
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Second, it allows readers to quickly find, inspect, and/or edit your data, or replace it with their own.
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Third, it reduces visual clutter.
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Fourth, it allows your data and code to be licensed under separate terms.

Fifth, for version control, the separation between code and data clarifies what should be tracked and how.
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