From: Nick Leaton <nickle@calfp.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Critique of Ariane 5 paper (finally!)
Date: 1997/08/26
Date: 1997-08-26T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <34029B86.7D82D3F7@calfp.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 33FE8732.4FBB@invest.amp.com.au
Thomas Beale wrote:
> Where I think there is more room for debate is in how DBC should be
> implemented. I have used Eiffel's DBC for some time, and it is miles
> ahead of no DBC. On the other hand, I am sure that there is empirical
> and theoretical work to be done which will show how the current idea
> in Eiffel can be improved, for example, how to determine the
> minimum set of orthogonal assertions for a precondition or invariant,
> and whether "synonymous" assertions are good or not. Quantitative
> statements have also been mentioned as a desirable thing. I believe
> gap between requirements specification and implementation is narrowing:
> better formal expression of at least some requirements may soon have
> a 1:1 counterpart in an implementation formalism, paving the way for
> very seamless software.
Explain a bit more about what you mean by 'synonymous'?
--
Nick
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1997-08-03 0:00 Critique of Ariane 5 paper (finally!) Ken Garlington
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1997-08-07 0:00 ` Juergen Schlegelmilch
1997-08-07 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1997-08-07 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
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1997-08-08 0:00 ` Bertrand Meyer
1997-08-08 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1997-08-08 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1997-08-11 0:00 ` Bertrand Meyer
1997-08-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-08-13 0:00 ` Bertrand Meyer
1997-08-13 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1997-08-16 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-08-17 0:00 ` Bertrand Meyer
1997-08-19 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1997-08-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
[not found] ` <33FB3B29.41C67EA6@eiffel.com>
1997-08-20 0:00 ` Bertrand Meyer
[not found] ` <5tv9cs$85q@nntpa.cb.lucent.com>
[not found] ` <340341CA.2F1CF0FB@eiffel.com>
1997-08-27 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1997-08-29 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1997-08-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-08-21 0:00 ` Thomas Beale
1997-08-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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1997-08-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
[not found] ` <3401811D.1700E7BE@stratasys.com>
1997-08-25 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-08-29 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1997-08-29 0:00 ` Jeff Kotula
1997-09-02 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
[not found] ` <33FE8732.4FBB@invest.amp.com.au>
1997-08-26 0:00 ` Nick Leaton [this message]
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[not found] ` <34013F3E.27D4@invest.amp.com.au>
1997-08-29 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1997-08-23 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1997-08-21 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-08-22 0:00 ` Bertrand Meyer
1997-08-22 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-08-16 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-08-13 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
[not found] ` <33F22AD8.41C67EA6@eiffel.com>
1997-08-13 0:00 ` Bertrand Meyer
1997-08-13 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
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1997-08-13 0:00 ` Bertrand Meyer
1997-08-15 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1997-08-15 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-08-16 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1997-08-14 0:00 ` Robert S. White
1997-08-15 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1997-08-16 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-08-14 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-08-14 0:00 ` Bertrand Meyer
1997-08-15 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-08-14 0:00 ` geldridg
1997-08-14 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-08-14 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1997-08-15 0:00 ` Thomas Beale
1997-08-15 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1997-08-15 0:00 ` Bertrand Meyer
1997-08-15 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-08-16 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1997-08-13 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1997-08-11 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-08-09 0:00 ` Marinos J. Yannikos
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1997-08-21 0:00 aek
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1997-08-22 0:00 ` Robert S. White
1997-08-22 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1997-08-22 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1997-08-23 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
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1997-08-26 0:00 ` Nick Leaton
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[not found] ` <3406E0F7.6FF7ED99@calfp.co.uk>
1997-09-02 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1997-08-22 0:00 Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-96
1997-08-22 0:00 Critique of Ariane 5 paper (finally) AdaWorks
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