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From: bobduff@world.std.com (Robert A Duff)
Subject: Re: seperate keyword and seperate compilation with Gnat?
Date: 1996/07/21
Date: 1996-07-21T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <DuwGBx.Lvp@world.std.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: JSA.96Jul12193715@organon.com


In article <JSA.96Jul12193715@organon.com>,
Jon S Anthony <jsa@organon.com> wrote:
>In article <DuEEtI.Cou@world.std.com> bobduff@world.std.com (Robert A Duff) writes:
>> The rules of the RM proper are entirely definitions and axioms.
>> Anything that's a theorem is put in a NOTE, so you know it's not a
>> basic fact, but can be derived from other facts.
>
>OK, fine.  This makes sense.  It would probably have been good to
>actually state this point explicitly, but whatever (or maybe it is and
>I just can't find it).

RM-1.1.2 says it, especially (14..16).  You have to know that
"normative" and "informative" are ISO buzzwords meaning, basically,
"definitions/axioms" and "theorems", respectively.  If you've never read
the ISO standard on standards, don't bother -- it's pretty boring.  ;-)

>Well, another thing that is very important is that often (in fact
>typically) the theorems are more important than the axioms/defs.  ...

Agreed.

...[stuff about two volumes, etc]
>volume".  I suppose that was too much work.  Oh well...

Yeah, that's part of it.

- Bob




  reply	other threads:[~1996-07-21  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 51+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1996-07-02  0:00 seperate keyword and seperate compilation with Gnat? David Morton
1996-07-02  0:00 ` Peter Hermann
1996-07-02  0:00   ` David Morton
1996-07-02  0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1996-07-03  0:00   ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-03  0:00   ` *separate* keyword and *separate* " David Morton
1996-07-03  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-17  0:00   ` seperate keyword and seperate " Robert I. Eachus
1996-07-02  0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-18  0:00   ` Peter Hermann
1996-07-20  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-03  0:00 ` Rob Kirkbride
1996-07-03  0:00   ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-03  0:00   ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-08  0:00     ` John Herro
1996-07-08  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-08  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-10  0:00         ` John Herro
1996-07-10  0:00           ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-09  0:00       ` progers
1996-07-09  0:00       ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-09  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-08  0:00     ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-08  0:00     ` michael
1996-07-08  0:00       ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-11  0:00         ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-11  0:00           ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-12  0:00             ` David Morton
1996-07-12  0:00               ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-16  0:00                 ` Michael Paus
1996-07-03  0:00 ` Mike Card (x3022)
1996-07-04  0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-03  0:00   ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-03  0:00   ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-04  0:00   ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-05  0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-05  0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-06  0:00   ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-09  0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-09  0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-09  0:00   ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-12  0:00   ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-21  0:00     ` Robert A Duff [this message]
1996-07-11  0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-11  0:00   ` Robert A Duff
1996-07-12  0:00   ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-14  0:00 ` Norman H. Cohen
1996-07-15  0:00   ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-15  0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-15  0:00   ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-16  0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
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