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From: ok@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au (Richard A. O'Keefe)
Subject: Re: Ada and Automotive Industry
Date: 1996/11/19
Date: 1996-11-19T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <56rf1o$o8f$1@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 56g0uk$2ea@fmsrlw.srl.ford.com


wmilam@ford.com (William P. Milam) writes:
>In article <5692dv$2t5$1@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au>, ok@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au
>>I've studied a couple of hundred programming languages, from Ada to Zed,

>Unless I am out to lunch....Zed is not a programming language. It is a 
>specification language.

You are out to lunch.

You are thinking of "Z", which is is indeed a specification language.
(I have one of the "Z" books handy on a shelf in my office, and have
read some stuff on "Object Z".)

I wrote "Zed", which was another language entirely having no connection
with "Z".  (After C came out, there was a brief vogue for languages with
spelled out letter names as their names.)

>It is not intended to be compiled into
>any kind of executable form.

Just because a notation _can_ be used as a specification language,
or is even _designed_ as a specification language, does not mean it
cannot _also_ be used as a programming language.  Take a look at
CLEAR and OBJ, for example.

>PS: Hows [sic] things going Jack?

Who's Jack?
-- 
Mixed Member Proportional---a *great* way to vote!
Richard A. O'Keefe; http://www.cs.rmit.edu.au/%7Eok; RMIT Comp.Sci.




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Thread overview: 163+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1996-11-01  0:00 Ada and Automotive Industry ETHoierman
1996-11-05  0:00 ` Stanley R. Allen
1996-11-06  0:00 ` Stanley R. Allen
1996-11-06  0:00   ` James Thiele
1996-11-06  0:00     ` Stanley R. Allen
1996-11-07  0:00       ` Dale Stanbrough
1996-11-11  0:00       ` Ken Tindell
1996-11-11  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1996-11-11  0:00         ` Matthew Heaney
1996-11-11  0:00           ` Philip Brashear
1996-11-07  0:00     ` Frank Manning
1996-11-11  0:00     ` Norman H. Cohen
1996-11-11  0:00     ` Frank Manning
1996-11-13  0:00       ` Richard Riehle
1996-11-14  0:00         ` Jack Patteeuw
1996-11-16  0:00           ` David Taylor
1996-11-20  0:00             ` Richard Riehle
1996-11-21  0:00               ` Dave Wood
1996-11-21  0:00             ` Art Schwarz
1996-11-22  0:00               ` Robert B. Love 
1996-11-22  0:00               ` Ken Tindell
1996-11-24  0:00               ` "Paul E. Bennett"
1996-11-18  0:00           ` David Taylor
1996-11-17  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1996-11-18  0:00           ` Ken Tindell
1996-11-22  0:00             ` Richard Kenner
1996-11-23  0:00               ` James Thiele
1996-11-27  0:00                 ` Richard Kenner
1996-11-22  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
1996-12-05  0:00             ` Michael Warner
1996-11-20  0:00           ` Richard Riehle
1996-11-23  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
1996-11-25  0:00               ` Richard Riehle
1996-11-27  0:00                 ` Robert Dewar
1996-11-27  0:00                 ` Robert Dewar
1996-11-29  0:00                   ` Richard Riehle
1996-12-02  0:00                   ` Chris Hills
1996-12-04  0:00                   ` Jon S Anthony
1996-11-27  0:00                 ` Ken Garlington
1996-12-01  0:00                   ` Richard Riehle
1996-11-25  0:00               ` Ken Tindell
1996-11-24  0:00             ` Richard Kenner
1996-11-25  0:00               ` Richard Riehle
1996-11-25  0:00               ` Ken Tindell
1996-11-26  0:00                 ` John Dammeyer
1996-11-26  0:00                   ` Ken Garlington
     [not found]           ` <Pine.GSO.3.95.961120154239.3 <Pine.GSO.3.95.961201100430.21598A-100000@nunic.nu.edu>
1996-12-01  0:00             ` James Thiele
1996-11-27  0:00         ` Jon S Anthony
1996-12-03  0:00           ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-12-03  0:00             ` Ted Dennison
1996-12-11  0:00             ` Richard Riehle
1996-12-13  0:00               ` Ted Dennison
1996-11-13  0:00       ` Ken Tindell
1996-11-14  0:00     ` Robert I. Eachus
1996-11-15  0:00       ` William P. Milam
1996-11-08  0:00   ` Robert I. Eachus
1996-11-08  0:00     ` James Thiele
1996-11-08  0:00       ` nasser
1996-11-09  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1996-11-22  0:00           ` Dirk Dickmanns
1996-11-10  0:00       ` Matthew Heaney
1996-11-11  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1996-11-11  0:00           ` James Thiele
1996-11-12  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
1996-11-12  0:00       ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-11-12  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1996-11-13  0:00           ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-11-14  0:00         ` William P. Milam
1996-11-19  0:00           ` Richard A. O'Keefe [this message]
1996-11-15  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1996-11-15  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1996-11-16  0:00         ` Adam Beneschan
1996-11-22  0:00           ` Robert Dewar
1996-11-16  0:00         ` Geert Bosch
1996-11-21  0:00           ` Robert Dewar
1996-11-11  0:00     ` Ken Tindell
1996-11-11  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1996-11-11  0:00       ` Matthew Heaney
1996-11-08  0:00   ` Ken Garlington
     [not found]   ` <847341612snz@transcontech.co.uk>
1996-11-10  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-11-12  0:00       ` "Paul E. Bennett"
1996-11-15  0:00   ` Robert I. Eachus
1996-11-15  0:00     ` John Howard
1996-11-15  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-11-18  0:00       ` Ken Tindell
1996-11-18  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1996-11-19  0:00         ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-12-05  0:00         ` Michael Warner
1996-12-06  0:00           ` Robert Dewar
1996-11-15  0:00     ` William P. Milam
1996-11-21  0:00     ` James Weaver
1996-11-21  0:00   ` Robert I. Eachus
1996-11-22  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1996-11-22  0:00   ` Chris Hills
1996-11-23  0:00   ` Ralph Paul
1996-11-24  0:00   ` Otto Lind
1996-11-25  0:00     ` Richard Kenner
1996-11-28  0:00       ` Eyal Ben-Avraham
1996-11-29  0:00         ` Richard Kenner
1996-11-25  0:00   ` Robert I. Eachus
1996-11-26  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1996-11-26  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1996-11-27  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1996-11-27  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1996-12-01  0:00   ` Chris Hills
1996-12-01  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-12-01  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-12-02  0:00     ` Robert A Duff
1996-12-02  0:00   ` Chris Hills
1996-12-03  0:00     ` Andy Ashworth
1996-12-03  0:00       ` Ian Ward
1996-12-03  0:00   ` Ken Garlington
1996-12-03  0:00   ` Ted Dennison
1996-12-03  0:00   ` George Romanski
1996-12-05  0:00     ` Ken Tindell
1996-12-04  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1996-12-11  0:00   ` Robert I. Eachus
1996-12-13  0:00   ` Ted Dennison
1996-12-13  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-12-14  0:00   ` Chris Hills
1996-12-19  0:00     ` Ian Ward
1996-12-17  0:00   ` Robert I. Eachus
1996-12-18  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-12-19  0:00   ` Robert I. Eachus
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1996-11-11  0:00 James Thiele
1996-11-12  0:00 James Thiele
1996-11-12  0:00 James Thiele
1996-11-13  0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-11-13  0:00 ` Frank Manning
1996-11-13  0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-11-15  0:00   ` Ken Garlington
1996-11-13  0:00 Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-93
1996-11-13  0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-11-24  0:00 Ingemar Persson
1996-11-25  0:00 Ada and automotive industry W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)
1996-11-27  0:00 Ada and Automotive Industry W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)
     [not found] <1996Dec2.221233.523@decus.org.nz>
1996-12-02  0:00 ` Ken Garlington
     [not found] <1996Nov30.130532.522@decus.org.nz>
1996-12-02  0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-12-05  0:00 Franco Mazzanti
1996-12-06  0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-12-11  0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1996-12-13  0:00   ` Ted Dennison
1996-12-15  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-12-17  0:00       ` Tucker Taft
1996-12-18  0:00       ` Keith Thompson
1996-12-18  0:00         ` Keith Thompson
1996-12-18  0:00       ` Geert Bosch
1996-12-18  0:00       ` Robert A Duff
1996-12-18  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1996-12-18  0:00           ` Robert A Duff
1996-12-18  0:00             ` Ken Garlington
1996-12-19  0:00               ` Robert A Duff
1996-12-20  0:00                 ` Philip Brashear
1996-12-20  0:00                   ` Robert Dewar
1996-12-22  0:00               ` Robert Dewar
1996-12-23  0:00                 ` Ken Garlington
1996-12-17  0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1996-12-10  0:00 Franco Mazzanti
     [not found] <1996Dec11.220521.525@decus.org.nz>
1996-12-11  0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-12-11  0:00 Franco Mazzanti
1996-12-11  0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-12-13  0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1996-12-13  0:00 Franco Mazzanti
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