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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,75a8a3664688f227 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-01-12 14:05:30 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.gv.tsc.tdk.com!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!intgwpad.nntp.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!not-for-mail From: Dale Stanbrough Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Parameter Modes, In In Out and Out Organization: RMIT References: <7Cx56.90736$A06.3322588@news1.frmt1.sfba.home.com> <937jab$s23$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3A57CD7F.2228BFD5@brighton.ac.uk> <938p3u$omv$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <93cagm$c1j$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <93e4e6$ucg$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <93encq$brm$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <93f6ar$m44$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <93flab$2mh$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <93fqau$6m2$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <93h9mo$bbm$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <93il87$iqo$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <93k6dv$qt6$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <93ko49$auq$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <93modu$36k$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <93n2co$alq$1@nnrp1.deja.com> User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.0 (PPC) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 22:10:11 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 144.132.95.65 X-Complaints-To: news@bigpond.net.au X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 979337411 144.132.95.65 (Sat, 13 Jan 2001 09:10:11 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 09:10:11 EST Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:3971 Date: 2001-01-12T22:10:11+00:00 List-Id: Robert Dewar wrote: > I personally prefer to reserve the word science for > fields with a strong objective empirical component, where > the game is to construct theories that match observations, > and test the theories by experimentation. Which, interestingly, is a very good description of debugging. I find it amusing that what is often considered the lowest form of "computer science" is the closest to the process of science that most computer people get to. Dale