Literate Programming

This cluster centers on discussions of literate programming, including references to Knuth's concept, Wikipedia links, personal experiences, benefits, tools like Org-mode and noweb, and debates on its popularity and practicality.

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OP literateprogramming.com stanford.edu lp.html WRT LP youtube.com adventure.pdf github.com i.e literate programming literate programming code knuth modules documentation executing graphs org mode

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me-vs-cat Oct 17, 2024 View on HN

Have you seen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literate_programming?

rpvnwnkl Jun 13, 2021 View on HN

Are you thinking of something like Literate Programming? [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literate_programming]

lloeki May 27, 2024 View on HN

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literate_programming

omouse Oct 23, 2009 View on HN

You want something like literate programming then

interactivecode Dec 24, 2021 View on HN

Are you familiar with Literate Programming? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literate_programming

smnscu Aug 24, 2020 View on HN

Not strictly related to OP but literate programming is pretty cool: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literate_programming

andrewchambers Jun 28, 2016 View on HN

That's sort of what literate programming does.

b_b Dec 7, 2019 View on HN

Literate programming making a comeback! (If it was ever in vogue anyway?)

drothlis Sep 14, 2011 View on HN

Have you written up your approach to / experiences with literate programming anywhere?

gaius May 7, 2009 View on HN

This is called 'literate programming'.