Donald Knuth stated that the design of WEB was influenced primarily by Pierre-Arnoul de Marneffe's Holon Programming.

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Location PART 2 - FOUR HIDDEN CHIMNEYS CHAPTER 8: THE SHIELD OF SCREWTAPE Diagrams, Workflows, and Training Wheels

"Donald Knuth stated that the design of WEB was influenced primarily by Pierre-Arnoul de Marneffe’s Holon Programming."

Knuth explicitly identifies de Marneffe's pioneering work on Holon Programming as a primary influence on the design of WEB, establishing a direct historical link between the two ideas.

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Source title Literate Programming

Source authors Donald E. Knuth

Source year 1984

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