'When Context and Code Live Together': Devs Revive Knuth's Literate Programming for AI
carsonfarmer · x · 2026-09-17
jmckenty points out there's already a term for when context and code live together — literate programming, invented by Knuth — and says he's been waiting for AI to start using it. carsonfarmer endorsed the idea, pointing to weaving explanatory context with code as a design direction for AI coding tools.
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