--- On Tue, 5/4/10, alex23 <[email protected]> wrote: > From: alex23 <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Teaching Programming > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, May 4, 2010, 8:47 PM > Ed Keith <[email protected]> > 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? > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >
My feelings exactly. I can see an argument for an option to emit obstructed code, but the default should be readable. -EdK Ed Keith [email protected] Blog: edkeith.blogspot.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
