Re: PBM design and formulae - a fresh start

From: vinson@shiva.seas.upenn.edu (Jacker)

Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1993 20:29:22 +0000

In article <199307090745.AA18629@orion.lnec.pt>, bc@lnec.pt (Luis Miguel Sequeira) writes:
> 	I  use the distinction between "formulas" and "rules"  exactly
> to express the above difference between them.

I'm not going to pick on anyone's definition, I'll just ask my friendly
Noah (with deletions of the uninteresting bits)....

~> noah formula
American Heritage Electronic Dictionary Copyright 1991
by Houghton Mifflin Company.  All rights reserved.

[for-mu-la]
 (fo^r'my@-l@)

(NOUN): for-mu-las  or for-mu-lae (-le-'').
    1. An established form of words or symbols for use in a ceremony or
procedure.
    2. A method of doing or treating something that relies on an
established, uncontroversial model or approach: ``a new situation comedy
that simply uses an old formula.''
    3. An utterance of conventional notions or beliefs.

~> noah rule
American Heritage Electronic Dictionary Copyright 1991
by Houghton Mifflin Company.  All rights reserved.

[rule]
 (roo--l)

(NOUN).
    2. An authoritative direction for conduct, especially one of the
regulations governing procedure in a legislative body or a regulation
observed by the players in a game, sport, or contest.

4. A statement that describes what is true in most or all cases.

--
Jack Vinson			vinson@unagi.cis.upenn.edu
The Purple Puddle Eater   and	Captain Jack
"Is life worth living?  It depends on the liver."  Eat from _Sell Me a God_

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Re: PBM design and formulae - a fresh start
bc@lnec.pt (Luis Miguel Sequeira)
Fri, 09 Jul 1993 07:45:48 +0000

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Re: PBM design and formulae - a fresh start
bc@lnec.pt (Luis Miguel Sequeira)
Fri, 09 Jul 1993 07:45:48 +0000