Re: how to learn kernel programming

Raul Miller (rdm@test.legislate.com)
Sat, 11 Apr 1998 21:33:10 -0400


Jim Dennis <jimd@starshine.org> wrote:
> but it seems like this would be a big win. If I understand it
> correctly the idea of literate programming is to interlace
> source code and documentation -- in such a way that the
> binaries *and the user/programmer's manuals* can be built from
> the same files.

Er.. you can make the transition between code and documentation using
the /* and */ character sequences.

You can embed manual pages as documentation using perl's pod format.

[And, of course, pod supports other output formats, such as html or
latex.]

-- 
Raul

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