Re:Literate programming: Knuth is doing it wrong
by perl4ever on Sunday July 08, 2018 @10:11PM
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I find it interesting that some people do ask themselves if "literate programming" should require reading a lot of code...but then dismiss it.
Maybe it does. As I think about it, when I was first programming, one of the things that I and other people did in those days was to type programs in from magazines. Another influence on me was taking code in one language or for one system and porting it to another. And I certainly read plenty of code by my co-workers during the years I worked as a programmer.
Maybe reading a great deal is and always has been required to be a decent writer. No idea if Knuth has or does.
Maybe it does. As I think about it, when I was first programming, one of the things that I and other people did in those days was to type programs in from magazines. Another influence on me was taking code in one language or for one system and porting it to another. And I certainly read plenty of code by my co-workers during the years I worked as a programmer.
Maybe reading a great deal is and always has been required to be a decent writer. No idea if Knuth has or does.