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Re:Literate programming: Knuth is doing it wrong (2014) by PaulHoule on Monday January 13, 2025 @10:47AM (#42684722)
An example I'll call out is an art show I saw by

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Lombardi

a 'conspiracy theorist' who died mysteriously in 2000 at the age of 48. He would make large numbers of pencil sketches (50+) that started out as hairballs and gradually he'd try different layouts until they told a clear story. (At least some of the conspiracies, such as BCCI, were real, thus the quotes)

The same kind of work is necessary if you want to reveal some network of relationships that is essential to understanding some technological system, rule base, etc.

Re:Literate programming: Knuth is doing it wrong (2014) by kayvulpe on Monday January 13, 2025 @04:13PM (#42689428)
I cannot find any of his work in high-resolution but those diagrams are exhilarating. Thank you.