"literate programming" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Coined by Donald Knuth in 1984. Etymology templates: {{coin|en|Donald Knuth|in=1984}} Coined by Donald Knuth in 1984 Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} literate programming (uncountable)
  1. (programming) A programming paradigm in which a program is given as an explanation of the program logic in a natural language (such as English), interspersed with snippets of macros and traditional source code, from which compilable representation can be generated. Wikipedia link: literate programming Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Programming Related terms: notebook

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