[plt-scheme] Exploring Literate Programming in Scheme

Hello,

Matthias Felleisen wrote:
> 
> Because this is _not_ how you use literate programming. I recommend you 
> start with the docs and then you read Knuth's original article (or the 
> other way around).

Yes, I can always do that and have scratched the surface, but somehow I 
am not really convinced, not that it matters. It would be really great 
if some one who have probably had more exposure/exp. with it to possibly 
give a more intuitive explanation of the differences between well 
documented code and code written using Literate programming constructs.

So, this is going [OT]. Pls. feel free to end the thread here.


Thanks,
Amit
> 
> 
> On Aug 7, 2009, at 2:02 PM, Amit Saha wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>>
>> So, I used the scribble/lp module to write my first literate program:
>>
>> <code>
>>
>> #lang scribble/lp
>> (require scribble/lp)
>>
>> <<lp_scheme.ss>>
>>
>> @chunk[<squarefunction>
>>         (define (f x)
>>          (* x x))]
>>
>> </code>
>>
>> Nothing useful there, of course.
>>
>> (Now I am sort of wondering OT, atleast at the surface, why would I 
>> just not use plain comments, instead of literate programming 
>> constructs. Any opinions welcome)
>>
>> Best,
>> Amit
>>
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