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		willvarfar on April 20, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Code which every programmer must read before dying Literate programming is the style of programming that's intended to be read: http://www.literateprogramming.com/ Quite the contrast with the Bourne Shell: "Nobody really knows what the Bourne shell's grammar is. Even examination of the source code is little help." – Tom Duff http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourne_shell#Quotes

camperman on April 20, 2011 | [–]

Speaking of Tom Duff, his Device is well worth studying.

[edit] michaelcampbell has already recommended it below - missed that.

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