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Specifications describe what to build. Implementation is how it is built. There's overlap. And there are also other design documents...sketches, plans, mocku
by brudgers 4y ago
Specifications describe what to build.
Implementation is how it is built.
There's overlap.
And there are also other design documents...sketches, plans, mockups, etc.
- cloogshicer 4y agoThank you! Informally, this is very clear to me. But I'm asking about formal specifications here.
- brudgers 4y agoFormal specifications are exactly the same. Some are entirely performance based. Others will preclude all but a single implementation method. And most are somewhere in-between. Because specifications are written for a concrete context. The context solely determines what makes sense to write. The abstractions are only abstractions. The specifications are a legal or quasi-legal obligation.