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Re:Ask HN: Why did literate programming not catch on? by a3n on Sunday August 16, 2015 @03:49PM (#10070035)
The question was "why didn't?" This was my speculative guess.

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.

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Re:Ask HN: Why did literate programming not catch on? by mindcrime on Sunday August 16, 2015 @06:30PM (#10070505)
The question was "why didn't?" This was my speculative guess.

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.

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