Re: Lua source code

[Tony Finch <dot@...>]

On Sat, 8 Mar 2008, David Manura wrote:

> There was a book "Understanding the Linux Kernel" some years ago that
> did something similar for the kernel sources.  Maybe this would be a
> case where something at least loosely based on a literate programming
> style would make sense given the Lua code's small size, low change rate,
> and wide readership.

Lions' commentary on the 6th Edition Unix kernel source code is probably a
good point of comparison. The source is formatted for printing to 9100
lines (including blank lines added to make files start at the top of a
page) so it's about half the size of Lua. The commentary is a similar
length to the code (perhaps slightly longer).

Tony.
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