Apologies for the bad Orig:Quote ratio. Fedor Zuev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Software "is a set of statements" primarily intended to > perform some operations on the some set of input information "in > order to bring about a certain result" with this information. > Regardless of the way it does so. > > Data "is a set of statements" primarily intended to describe > itself (as such) to a reader, be latter the human or the program. > Regardless of the way it does so.
I believe these are not exclusive or exhaustive, but it all hinges on your decisions on "primarily" which is highly subjective. Is a dual-purpose item primarily intended for one thing or another? > Data primarily intended to describe itself to human reader > is a documentation. Itself?
