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"In an article published in The Computer Journal 27 (1984), 97-111,
Donald E. Knuth proposed a "literate" programming style:

I believe that the time is ripe for significantly better
documentation of programs, and that we can best achieve this by
considering programs to be works of literature. Hence, my title:
"Literate Programming.""

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On Wed, 1 Jul 2026 19:59:39 -0000 (UTC), Cóilín Nioclásín Glostéir wrote:

"In an article published in The Computer Journal 27 (1984), 97-111,
Donald E. Knuth proposed a "literate" programming style:

I believe that the time is ripe for significantly better
documentation of programs, and that we can best achieve this by
considering programs to be works of literature. Hence, my title:
"Literate Programming.""

He thought about documentation in a passive way, he never thought about allowing actual interaction with the code, did he?

That’s why I think Jupyter notebooks, as one example, go well beyond
his old concept of “literate programming”.
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