I think something akin to literate programming is a huge win for heavily-maintained tools. The trick is that most tools aren't heavily used at all, and thus th

I think something akin to literate programming is a huge win for heavily-maintained tools. The trick is that most tools aren't heavily used at all, and thus the large amount of time it takes to build in a more literate style winds up being largely wasted. At least, that's how it looks from where I sit, as an idealist who loves readable code and plain-text, version-controlled literate-style documentation.