--- Keith Hopper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 1. All processors have at least one output. > > 2. There is a syntactical construct to "ground" outputs. > > What you both seem to be discussing is an extension of three-valued > logic as used in the formal methods world. Here, however, we have a > 'value' result from some processing and at the same time a > 'status' result - which is how POSIX interfaces are defined - there > is a result status and a result value (or an empty value) - have > a look at the language-independent POSIX > specs. In practice this is often implemented at the CPU level by a > 'flags word' and a result.
Keith, You seem to have an interesting perspective here, but I am afraid I am not completely getting your analogy. How do you see the concepts of "value" and "result" apply to the case of processors in a pipeline? How is this related to Three-Valued Logic? Alex ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ orbeon-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/orbeon-user
