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envelope-from=dimech@gmx.com; helo=mout.gmx.net X-Spam_score_int: -25 X-Spam_score: -2.6 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:131605 Archived-At: > Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2021 at 10:26 AM > From: "Alexandre Garreau" > To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu=2Eorg > Subject: Re: Quote by Knuth > > Le mercredi 7 juillet 2021, 00:16:10 CEST Emanuel Berg via Users list fo= r=20 > the GNU Emacs text editor a =C3=A9crit : > > Christopher Dimech wrote: > > > You can certainly argue with millions of programmers, if you > > > do it consciously=2E But perhaps the conclusion has not been > > > part of your experience, so you hesitate=2E > >=20 > > There are no millions of programmers using "literate > > programming"=2E=2E=2E Mostly they are school children and some academics teaching them=2E Nothing serious=2E > We should count LaTeX programmers and org-mode users, I think these are= =20 > most of that population=2E I=E2=80=99m not even sure of what=E2=80=99s = the count of=20 > programmers worldwide already so well=E2=80=A6 Millions could indeed be= a great=20 > exageration=2E =20 You should not count typesetting as programming=2E Producing a document i= s not about computation, but a literary text, which by definition has to be a human literate result=2E Scripting languages have also the capability for human literate results=2E =20 There are about 16 million programmers in the world=2E