WEB (tangle and weave)

From:     Paulo
Date: 06 Dec 1996
This year I will have to do heavy programming. As my programs will have to be read and understood by lots of people, I am planning to use the WEB literate programming tool (tangle and weave), that TeX is made with. Before making a definitive decision, I would like to know the following:

From:     David Carlisle
Date: 06 Dec 1996
Are there other programmers using WEB, besides those that install TeX in new systems?

Yes, although possibly more using other `literate tools' such as noweb.

Is there a newsgroup or a mailing list where I can get help from?

comp.programming.literate (also available as a mailing list but I forget the name) Please ask this question again there. The group is specifically aimed at WEB-like tools, but unfortunately 90% of the questions are about how to do XYZ in Visual Basic...

Has WEB been adapted to C or C++ and/or to LaTeX?

Yes (CWEB) and yes. The FAQ for comp.programming.literate was just posted 5th December so is probably still in your news spool.

From:     Thorsten Ohl
Date: 06 Dec 1996
Are there other programmers using WEB, besides those that install TeX in new systems?

I doubt that many people are using the classic WEB (Pascal) for new development, but CWEB, FWEB, noweb, nuweb, etc. are alive and kicking. In fact, I use noweb for most of my nontrivial programs.

Is there a newsgroup or a mailing list where I can get help from?

comp.programming.literate

Unfortunately, many computer illiterate users think that comp.programming.literate is the place to ask off-topic vice-al basuck questions. On the other hand, your on-topic questions will be very welcome there.

Has WEB been adapted to C or C++ and/or to LaTeX?

Yes. Have a look at "ftp://ftp.th-darmstadt.de/pub/programming/literate-programming/".