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Re:Gitlet.js – Git implemented in 1k lines of JavaScript (2015) by chungy on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @12:51AM (#26788234)
It's a very old idea. Donald Knuth implemented it with both Pascal and C to promote an idea of "literate programming" -- you'd literally just write prose sprinkled with little bits of programming. On compilation, you can choose to compile either the documentation or program.
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Re:Gitlet.js – Git implemented in 1k lines of JavaScript (2015) by truthr on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @01:40AM (#26788471)
The deep learning library fastai uses this. Their source code is also their documentation. They use something called "nbdev" to accomplish this. And I have also seen other projects both related and unrelated to deep learning adopt it. This idea stems from Knuth.
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Re:Gitlet.js – Git implemented in 1k lines of JavaScript (2015) by someoldguy on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @01:30AM (#26788434)
For an example, the PBRT book is great.
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Re:Gitlet.js – Git implemented in 1k lines of JavaScript (2015) by WalterGR on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @02:32AM (#26788788)
PBRT is Physically Based Rendering: From Theory To Implementation by Matt Pharr, Wenzel Jakob, Greg Humphreys.

https://www.pbrt.org

https://www.pbr-book.org

https://www.amazon.com/Physically-Based-Rendering-Theory-Imp...

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Re:Gitlet.js – Git implemented in 1k lines of JavaScript (2015) by jonas21 on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @02:44AM (#26788864)
> This book has deservedly won an Academy Award. I believe it should also be nominated for a Pulitzer Prize — Donald Knuth

It's hard to beat that book review.

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