Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

literate programming

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.24 in modern English

Syllables: lit-er-ate pro-gram-ming
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Uncountable

Etymology

Coined by Donald Knuth in 1984.

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

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Questions

What does literate programming mean?: 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.
Where does literate programming come from?: Coined by Donald Knuth in 1984.

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