On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Noufal Ibrahim <nou...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Dhananjay Nene > <dhananjay.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > [..] > > Apologies at persisting in this .. but I do think it is a very > > unconventional usecase for programs to be used as specifications. > You must be kidding. This is one of the best discussions here in a while. Thanks for joining the conversation! > > > > The scenario here is that the program (as in the python code) is the > means > > of communication - it is *not necessarily* a runtime construct. > > Organisation A models its understanding of the various fiscal > implications > > and publishes as a appendix of python code in a document. This document > is > > filed with SEC and then finds its way to Organisation B. In a very > strange > > situation here "the code is the specification of understanding" and > replaces > > "english legalese as a specification of understanding". > [..] > > Which is why I feel there is opportunity here. > > This is not Python specific. I daresay they chose Python for it's > simple syntax and lack of braces. > > However, once you have a specification of a process in precise > executable format, it's possible to do this without involving human > beings that was not possible with an English specification accompanied > by a dude with a laptop and an excel sheet. Admittedly, he's more > comfortable with the latter but if his bread and butter depend on the > former, I think he'd change. > > The specification can be used to decide automatically if certain > processes are compliant, it can be used to automatically create > interfaces that allow people to work only within the constraints of > the workflow etc. > > Python's introspective nature makes it easy to play with these > specifications to tie it up into the larger machinery of the > organisation and so I think apart from the clarity, there's a lot of > potential for automation and removing clerical jobs. > > As for analysis, I'm sure some company will come up with an app that > can automatically read out specifications from the website and present > them in "Excel like" formats that you can play with. > > > -- > ~noufal > http://nibrahim.net.in > _______________________________________________ > BangPypers mailing list > BangPypers@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > -- --Anand _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
