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- From: kremer@cs.utwente.nl (Harro Kremer)
- Subject: Re: Formal Specifications of ISO Protocols
- Message-ID: <1993Jan5.091447@cs.utwente.nl>
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- Organization: University of Twente, Dept. of Computer Science
- References: <1992Dec28.064433.14965@cucs5.cs.cuhk.hk> <1993Jan4.100516@cs.utwente.nl> <C0C1FG.AL9@world.std.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 08:14:47 GMT
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- In article <C0C1FG.AL9@world.std.com>, hcb@world.std.com (Howard C Berkowitz)
- writes:
- |> Remember that the formal language specifications of such protocolos as
- |> Transport are advisory. The formal specification remains the natural
- ^^^^^^
- What interpretation are you using here? Shouldn't this be "official"
-
- |> language document, with all its ambiguities.
-
- |> A compromise position may be to look at the abstract test suites,
- |> written in TTCN, as a "more formal" specification which actually
- |> will be used. I recognize TTCN is an informal language and a cumbersome
- |> one, but it does have somewhat more formalism than an English-language
- |> specificatin.
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