On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:15:22 EDT, IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote:
>
>"architecture specifications" could be interpreted by IBM to mean the
microchip design
>of their instruction processing units, memory units, etc.
>From the POO:
"The architecture of a system defines its attributes as seen by the
programmer, that is, the conceptual structure and functional
behavior of the machine, as distinct from the organization of the
data flow, the logical design, the physical design, and the
performance of any particular implementation."
It is hard to imagine that they would successfully argue now that architecture
means something different.
--
Tom Marchant
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