Re:Literate programming: Knuth is doing it wrong (2014)
by huijzer on Sunday January 09, 2022 @02:57PM
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> (1) This is better to me, because it makes notebooks more consistent and easier to jump into. I read english prose sequentially, why not code?
As a counterexample, some things are not important but have to be mentioned. In English, these things end up in the appendix. In Pluto notebooks, these things can be moved to the bottom.
Another benefit of less strict ordering is when debugging. Sometimes cell A fails because of cell B. It can be useful for debugging to temporarily put these cells next to each other
As a counterexample, some things are not important but have to be mentioned. In English, these things end up in the appendix. In Pluto notebooks, these things can be moved to the bottom.
Another benefit of less strict ordering is when debugging. Sometimes cell A fails because of cell B. It can be useful for debugging to temporarily put these cells next to each other