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> Calling the idea that code should be readable by humans "almost twee" just makes me think that the writer has no idea what they're talking about. Actually..
by cat199 8y ago
> Calling the idea that code should be readable by humans "almost twee" just makes me think that the writer has no idea what they're talking about.
Actually..
no.
He did do this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literate_programming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literate_programming
And it's not just that programming should be in languages
rather than machine code, but that the code + comments should read like a coherent document.
In other words, just because you write in a programming language doesn't mean it's literate programming.
- giornogiovanna 8y agoThat's not what GP is complaining about - rather, the issue is that the article misrepresents what literate programming is, and makes it sound like nobody writes code for humans to read these days, which is obviously false.
- hopler 8y agoIn my decades of programming experience in the commercial sector, I have seen very little readable code. Rush to market and insecure competitive "anyone as smart as me would understand my code" is standard.