It seems plausible to me (total guess again) that people who consciously minimize comments would not be inclined to literate programming, since if you're consciously minimizing comments, what's left to literate anyway? My guess.
And no, I don't have a dog in there either, not the least because I've never seen anyone use literate programming in the same building I was in.
Aaah, sorry, guess I thought you were saying something that was more of an actual value judgment.
And no, I don't have a dog in there either, not the least because I've never seen anyone use literate programming in the same building I was in.
Yeah, same here. I got as far as buying the "Literate Programming" book, and I have it in a pile of books around here somewhere, waiting to be read. But that's as far as I've ever gone with the whole deal.
I don't have a dog in this fight one way or the other, but something about this statement irks me. I can't help but think "so what?". That is to say, Literate Programming either is a good idea, or it isn't. The answer to that question is orthogonal to "the current view" of whatever. Communities have had majority held opinions which were wrong on plenty of occasions. If one is going to question whether or not to use LP, shouldn't they analyze it on it's own, and not simply accept pre-existing biases?