--- On Tue, 5/4/10, alex23 <wuwe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: alex23 <wuwe...@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Teaching Programming
> To: python-list@python.org
> Date: Tuesday, May 4, 2010, 8:47 PM
> Ed Keith <e_...@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > Knuth wanted the generated source to be unreadable, so
> people would not be tempted to edit the generated code.
>
> This is my biggest issue with Knuth's view of literate
> programming. If
> the generated source isn't readable, am I just supposed to
> trust it?
> How can I tell if an error lies in my expression of the
> algorithm or
> in the code generation itself?
>
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My feelings exactly. I can see an argument for an option to emit obstructed
code, but the default should be readable.
-EdK
Ed Keith
e_...@yahoo.com
Blog: edkeith.blogspot.com
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