Re: Is Literate Programming just for the academics?

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From: Barry Smith
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 01:52

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In article <1992Sep10.152641.1878@informatik.uni-bremen.de> ms@lehre23.informatik.Uni-Bremen.DE (Martin Schroeder) writes:
>I think Literate Programming is quit appealing, but as far as I know the only
>large literate programs are TeX and Metafont. 8 years after Knuth's article this
>isn't very much. So:
> - Is Literate Programming only for the academics?
> - If it is: Are there any experiences with LARGE programs?
> - If it is: Why?
> - If it is not: Are there any experiences with LARGE programs?

Well, Textures (our TeX for the Macintosh) is a Web program,

Well, Textures (our TeX for the Macintosh) is a Web program,
perhaps 50,000 lines or so.  No judgement offered as to its
"literacy", but we find Web a very useful structuring tool.

Barry Smith, Blue Sky Research
barry@reed.edu

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ogicse!reed!barry
From: barry@reed.edu (Barry Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: Is Literate Programming just for the academics?
Summary: Textures is a Web program
Keywords: WEB, Literate Programming
Message-ID: <1992Sep11.015250.28335@reed.edu>
Date: 11 Sep 92 01:52:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: reed.1992Sep11.015250.28335
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Organization: Blue Sky Research, Portland, Oregon
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