Gus Richter wrote:
On first glance, my read was that you were toying with Tony by saying
that there may or may not be such a specification and that you were
withholding the answer (or did not know the answer), else were simply
trying to rub his funnybone.
Uh... that's not what Christian said. He was merely pointing out that the
question "where is the specification that defines X?" presumes that there is
such a thing. In this case there isn't one.
If this is true, then there may not be such a specification, in which
case it follows that such a specification then is not necessary.
That's a logical fallacy, sorry. Just because there isn't a spec for something
doesn't mean the spec is not _necessary_. It just means there isn't one.
Generally if there isn't one and it's necessary people get together and create one.
Also, based on _not necessarily_ also meaning _not of necessity_ it
rephrases to:
There is not a necessity to have such a specification.
Such a specification is not a necessity.
Such a specification is not necessary.
Sorry, that's false. That's not what the word "necessarily" means in English at
all.
-Boris
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