It depends on your programming style. If it's a typical convoluted, constantly refactored OO code - then, yes, literate programming won't help. If your code co

It depends on your programming style. If it's a typical convoluted, constantly refactored OO code - then, yes, literate programming won't help. If your code consists of a lot of DSLs, clearly separated from each other, each implemented in a small, compact, readable module - then you won't have to change that much in the existing code. In my experience this style is a very good match for a literate programming.