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From: acwf@ivax.doc.ic.ac.uk (Anthony Finkelstein)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: Design Methods and Flow charts
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Date: 22 Jul 88 17:02:55 GMT
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Simon Tait in article <2672@newton.praxis.co.uk> writes that JSP and
OOD are normally termed semi-formal methods. This is the normal usage
but is inaccurate - something is either formal or not! I prefer to
use the term formatted to describe such methods - it more accurately
captures the essence of the representation schemes associated with
such techniques. Pedants rule OK!

Anthony Finkelstein