alt Hacker NewsI dream of a world where the Knuth idea of programming and mathematics are naturally embedded in our cultures, like novels are.
I find it weird to not be able to find linux source code and commentaries or even math/physics/science masterpieces in libraries where you can find Finnegan's Wake easily (at least where do I live), and not be able to talk about the GHC in between two discussion about romance or the weather at the bakery.
> I find it weird to not be able to find linux source code and commentaries
That one statement is a great concise explanation/motivation for "literate programming".
Explanations with code, that explain code design choices, in a way that enables the code to be understood better, and the ideas involved to be picked up and applied flexibly to reading and writing other code.
Another way to view it is: Developers are "compilers" from ideas to source. Documenting the ideas along with the "generated" source, is being "open source" about the origin and specific implementation of the source.