[FOM] "Hidden" contradictions

[Timothy Y. Chow]

Carl Hewitt wrote:

> Formalizing inconsistencies in large software systems is serious business:
> * Facilitating computer processing
> * Facilitating developing alternative formulations
> * Facilitating analysis of argument structures of contradictions
> * Facilitating comparisons with other inconsistencies
>
> Not enough of the above has been done and we need to get to work! If we 
> believe in formal methods, we can't just say there is a "bug" and wash 
> our hands of it.

I don't disagree with what you've said here, but it is a non sequitur. 
You did not answer either of my two questions.  Question #1 was:

>> Could you be more specific?  I skimmed the file
>>
>> http://www.csl.sri.com/users/risko/risks.txt
>>
>> but was not able to identify which "ongoing saga" in particular you 
>> were referring to.

And Question #2 was:

>> Also, what exactly do you mean by an "inconsistency" in a large 
>> software system?  I'm assuming you're not using the word 
>> "inconsistency" interchangeably with the word "bug."  I'm guessing that 
>> you're using "inconsistency" to refer to formal software 
>> *specifications* rather than to software itself?

Tim