Re: Issues with literate programming DSSSL Script

[Brandon Ibach <bibach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Quoting Wroth, Mark <MARK.WROTH@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> If I correctly understand what Javadoc does, LaTeX has a mode like this also
> (called 'doc'), intended for documenting LaTeX class and style files.  But
> unless I'm missing something, it does not have a mechanism for re-ordering
> the input in the "tangle" phase (which is essentially non-existent with this
> approach).  With some languages this is not a serious problem (DSSSL, for
> example). But I would have thought that it was an issue for Java.
> 
   I'm not that familiar with the formal details of literate
programming, per se, so what, exactly, is the "tangle" phase all
about?
   I can't imagine why you'd want a literate programming system to
re-order anything in your code, particularly in Java.  *shrug*

-Brandon :)


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