[news.groups] comp.sw.specification

billwolf%hazel.cs.clemson.edu@hubcap.clemson.edu (William Thomas Wolfe, 2847 ) (10/30/89)

From George Mitchell:
> I have not seen enough traffic to support the creation of a group 
> focused on comp.lang.specification.  If a need is perceived for a 
> special forum, I would suggest broadening the scope to 
> comp.sw.formal[-methods].  This would also place the group 
> in a more appropriate place in the hierarchy.

   Possibly due to the traffic being siphoned off into mailing lists.

   I'd agree that comp.sw is the most appropriate place within the 
   hierarchy; another possibility might also be comp.sw.specification.


   Bill Wolfe, wtwolfe@hubcap.clemson.edu

maa@ee.sei.cmu.edu (Mark Ardis) (10/31/89)

I agree that the name "comp.sw.formal" might be a better choice than
"comp.lang.specification."
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Mark A. Ardis
Software Engineering Institute
Carnegie-Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
(412) 268-7636
maa@sei.cmu.edu