Re: Where is the LP Future?

From	dtopham <dtopham@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.programming.literate
Subject	Re: Where is the LP Future?
Date	2011-07-13 20:12 -0400
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Aaron, I am exploring the use of literate programming to help
beginners learn how to program. What I like about it is that it forces
thought about the documentation (design) at the same time as the code.
Typically student programmers quickly get in the habit of skipping the
design part and jumping right to code. I teach C++ so I am using the
simplest environment that I have found which is nuweb. It has the
smallest learning curve and is language independent. I would be
interested in learning more about your (or anyone's) research in
easier, better ways to allow developers to use literate programming.  -
Dave Topham

On Jul 12, 8:07 pm, "Aaron W. Hsu" <arcf...@sacrideo.us> wrote:
> What is the future of literate programming?
>
> We have excellent systems out there for producing printed works, such as
> CWEB, noweb, and more language specific ones, but I'm curious what you think
> the future direction should be for a literate programming system.
>
> I'm working on a system that is almost ready for alpha release that
> hopefully reveals where I see the future of literate programming is, but
> that's just me, does anyone else have new development to share?
>
>         Aaron W. Hsu
>
> --
> Programming is just another word for the lost art of thinking.

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Where is the LP Future? "Aaron W. Hsu" <arcfide@sacrideo.us> - 2011-07-12 23:07 -0400
  Re: Where is the LP Future? dtopham <dtopham@gmail.com> - 2011-07-13 20:12 -0400
    Re: Where is the LP Future? Manuel Collado <m.collado@domain.invalid> - 2011-07-19 04:02 -0400

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