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Literate programming really feels very different than this, at least in the examples that are easily found online. Literate programming reads far more like 'bet

by ajkjk 9y ago

Literate programming really feels very different than this, at least in the examples that are easily found online. Literate programming reads far more like 'better commenting' (and strikes me as a massive pain to write) and less like a type of long-form writing.

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fjsolwmv 9y ago
Literate programming, as Knuth presented it was that the literate/comment part was the primary document, and the executable code was just a minor detail for the benefit of the stupid computer that can't read English and only cares about arithmetic not meaning.
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