• From: Martin Bryan <mtbryan@s...>
• To: "Clark C. Evans" <cce@c...>,Daniel Veillard <Daniel.Veillard@w...>
• Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 07:54:03 +0100

Clark C. Evans wrote:

> 1.  Software implements a process (that given particular
>     state and input produces a particular output).
> 
> 2.  The goal of the specification is to describe this
>     specific process so that it can be automated by
>     a machine _and_ understood by a human.

No.The goal of a specification should be to describe the inputs required to produce a specific output.  It should say nothing about the processes involved in moving from the input to the output.

Martin Bryan
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