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Literate Programming and the WEB System 

 

Knuth invented literate programming in order to explain and publish his programs in articles and books

 

• Characteristics of literate programming:
  • A program is structured according to its explanation

  • The distance between the documentation and the program is small
    • Physical proximity

    • The pieces of program 'live in' the documentation

    • The opposite approach of conventional program commenting

 

Literate programming is typically supported by tools in the WEB-family