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Phil Carmody
Richard Heathfield said:In
you really are comparing apples with mangos
apple == mango isn't 2 == x
Neither is it x == 2 - so?
If I were writing pseudo code (structured english) Id'd write things
like
when alarm count is equal to the alarm count limit scram the
reactor
I would write: if the alarm count [...]
Yup, that's what we're saying. If the alarm count [satisfies some
predicate]. Predicate follows variable.
exceeds the alarm count tolerance,
scram the reactor (except that I wouldn't write "scram"). Which just
goes to show that there's more than one way to think about these
things.
Ouch. You just scrammed the reactor.
No he didn't. If you're mistaking the above for C, then you've got
way bigger problems than scrammed reactors. See someone about that,
or maybe we can hold an intervention for you here?
Why? Surely they have equal relevance?
Because of the similarity to the natural language being used to
describe what is wanted. I can imagine it's possible that people
with different language backgrounds having different biases.
Phil