Re: [Axiom-developer] Axiom, FriCAS, forks and teeth

[Ralf Hemmecke]

On 07/10/2007 04:22 AM, Bill Page wrote:
> On 7/9/07, C Y wrote:
> > ... Literate programming is not a mainstream methodology (in my opinion)
> > because few developers are willing to accept the long lead times and hard
> > work of researching the necessary background to make a good literate
> > document. ...

Literate programming is not mainstream since it costs a lot of time and 
the programmer puts all or at least most of his knowledge about the 
program, background, and design into a pamphlet. He basically teaches 
future programmers and lowers the hurdle for them to understand the 
program. *He makes himself more easily replacable by others.* Would you 
do LP if you work in industry?

The only reasonable way I see is: don't show the sources. But then you 
lose the ideal of LP that you want to teach...

Ralf