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Re: Large Literate Programs

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On Oct 7, 8:42 am, "Aaron W. Hsu" <arcf...@sacrideo.us> wrote:
> On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:27:33 -0400, Adam Russell <ac.russ...@live.com>  
> wrote:
>
> > I would recommend the book "Weaving a Program" by Sewell.
> > This book is a bit old but should be easy to find a copy.
> > It contains several non-trivial examples that are enlightening to read.
> > The only downside, again, is that the book is kind of old and the  
> > examples
> > are in the original Pascal WEB. However, the book does contain excellent  
> > examples
> > and it is easy enough to get a sense of LP style for large programs  
> > which you
> > can extend to whatever LP system you plan on using.
>
> So, I guess, now I'm wondering what people might consider a large literate  
> program? Is there, say, a page limit you need to go over?
>
> I have my own preferences when it comes to literate programs, but I'd like  
> to see more precedent when it comes to large software artifacts,  
> especially in terms of modern development practice.
>
>         Aaron W. Hsu
>
> --
> Programming is just another word for the Lost Art of Thinking.

This was my 1st literate program:  http://home.scarlet.be/asld0009/Lisp/sal.pdf

It's 180 pages of pdf. The use of the literate paradigm has made the
program actually useful and the longevity increased considerably as a
result.  The client considers it "bug-free" practically since
delivery.  I would say that the use of the literate paradigm was
hugely beneficial to me the writer as well as the client, the user.
The program has run nearly continuously for 5 years now...

I hope this helps someone!

Ciao,
Bob

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Large Literate Programs "Aaron W. Hsu" <arcfide@sacrideo.us> - 2011-10-06 04:32 -0400
  Re: Large Literate Programs Adam Russell <ac.russell@live.com> - 2011-10-07 00:27 -0400
    Re: Large Literate Programs "Aaron W. Hsu" <arcfide@sacrideo.us> - 2011-10-07 02:42 -0400
      Re: Large Literate Programs gratefulfrog <gratefulfrog@gmail.com> - 2011-10-10 22:12 -0400
        Re: Large Literate Programs "Aaron W. Hsu" <arcfide@sacrideo.us> - 2011-10-11 13:32 -0400
        Re: Large Literate Programs Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57) <yannick_duchene@yahoo.fr> - 2011-10-22 11:07 -0400
  [?] Re: Large Literate Programs arnold@skeeve.com (Aharon Robbins) - 2011-10-07 14:06 -0400
    Re: [?] Re: Large Literate Programs "Aaron W. Hsu" <arcfide@sacrideo.us> - 2011-10-07 14:47 -0400
    Re: [?] Re: Large Literate Programs blp@cs.stanford.edu (Ben Pfaff) - 2011-10-07 23:54 -0400
      Re: [?] Re: Large Literate Programs "Aaron W. Hsu" <arcfide@sacrideo.us> - 2011-10-08 02:07 -0400
      Re: Large Literate Programs "Aaron W. Hsu" <arcfide@sacrideo.us> - 2011-10-08 02:27 -0400
        Re: Large Literate Programs Palo Vlcek <pavol.vlcek@gmail.com> - 2011-10-10 22:13 -0400
          Re: Large Literate Programs "Aaron W. Hsu" <arcfide@sacrideo.us> - 2011-10-11 12:22 -0400
            Re: Large Literate Programs Palo Vlcek <pavol.vlcek@gmail.com> - 2011-10-12 01:57 -0400
              Re: Large Literate Programs "Aaron W. Hsu" <arcfide@sacrideo.us> - 2011-10-12 16:52 -0400
      Re: [?] Re: Large Literate Programs Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org> - 2011-10-10 21:38 -0400
        Re: [?] Re: Large Literate Programs "Aaron W. Hsu" <arcfide@sacrideo.us> - 2011-10-11 13:32 -0400
        Re: [?] Re: Large Literate Programs Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu> - 2011-10-13 18:36 -0400
          Re: [?] Re: Large Literate Programs Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org> - 2011-10-14 03:47 -0400
          Re: Large Literate Programs dtopham <dtopham@gmail.com> - 2011-10-14 18:12 -0400
            Re: Large Literate Programs blp@cs.stanford.edu (Ben Pfaff) - 2011-10-14 18:57 -0400

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