Ralf Hemmecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | 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.
It costs lot of resouorces and it is not obvious that empirical data we have support the claim that it is an effective and efficient methodology. [ well, as far as Axiom is concerned, it is more efficient at generating emails than making the project better. ] I'm not saying that Axiom should not be properly documented. Quite the contrary. -- Gaby _______________________________________________ Axiom-developer mailing list Axiom-developer@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/axiom-developer
