From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,a48e5b99425d742a X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,a48e5b99425d742a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,a48e5b99425d742a X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 107d55,a48e5b99425d742a X-Google-Attributes: gid107d55,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,5da92b52f6784b63 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public From: freemant@wr.com.au (Kent Tong) Subject: Re: Please do not start a language war (was Re: Papers on the Ariane-5 crash and Design by Contract Date: 1997/03/18 Message-ID: <332f2ab7.1115984@news.wr.com.au>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 226813499 Cache-Post-Path: nachos.wr.com.au!unknown@dialup17.wr.com.au References: <332B5495.167EB0E7@eiffel.com> <5giu3p$beb$1@news.irisa.fr> Organization: Customer of World Reach Internet Access Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.java.tech Date: 1997-03-18T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: jsa@alexandria (Jon S Anthony) wrote: >Yes, CORBA style interface specifications are no help here whatsoever. >None. Zero. The problem revolves around explicitly capturing the >semantic context of the "components" so that (re)usage of them will >not go beyond that prescribed scope. This is non trivial and NO, >repeat NO, programming language currently has more than the most >primitive support for even the most rudimentary aspects required for >this. ... This is a rather uninformed statement. Have you seen anything about the B method and the Abstract Machine Notation it uses? Its support for pre/post conditions even goes further to include component refinements/implementations. --- Kent Tong v3 is out!!! Freeman Installer ==> http://www.netnet.net/users/freeman/