- From: Dave Pawson <dave.pawson@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2022 15:23:23 +0000
- To: Bethan Tovey-Walsh <accounts@bethan.wales>
- Cc: "C. M. Sperberg-McQueen" <cmsmcq@blackmesatech.com>, ixml <public-ixml@w3.org>
On Sun, 30 Jan 2022 at 14:23, Bethan Tovey-Walsh <accounts@bethan.wales> wrote: > > sense 3b: In plural. Directions about how something should be done or operated; detailed information given as to the use, assembly, etc., of a product. > > sense 8: Computing. An expression in a program or routine that instructs a processor to perform a particular operation (esp. a basic operation). > > Sense 8 seems to back up your reading, though I would argue that defining it in that way is something of a self-fulfilling prophecy! Sense 3 might back up my claim that, in general use, an instruction can be declarative - a rule or direction, not a command. My simpler view, declarative means what has to be done, imperative, how something should be done, i.e. step by step, a series of machine instructions? regards -- Dave Pawson XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. Docbook FAQ.
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