Specifications are not (necessarily) executable

IF 1.2 Q3 COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

e-Informatica Software Engineering Journal Pub Date : 1989-11-01 DOI:10.1049/SEJ.1989.0045

I. Hayes, Cliff B. Jones

引用次数: 279

Abstract

Specifications can be written in languages which have formal semantics. Their very formality, and the similarities with some aspects of implementation languages, invites the idea that specifications might be executed. This paper presents a number of arguments against that idea. The aim is to warn of the dangers of limiting specification languages to the point where all of their constructs can be executed. While conceding the difficulties of relating specifications to an understanding of the ‘requirements’ for a system, it is argued that other solutions should be sought than ‘executable specification languages’.

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规格说明(不一定)是可执行的

规范可以用具有形式化语义的语言编写。它们的形式，以及与实现语言的某些方面的相似之处，让人想到规范可以被执行。本文提出了一些反对这一观点的论据。其目的是警告将规范语言限制到其所有结构都可以执行的程度的危险。虽然承认将规范与对系统“需求”的理解联系起来的困难，但有人认为应该寻求其他解决方案，而不是“可执行的规范语言”。

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e-Informatica Software Engineering Journal COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING-

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