Re: What is a process?

2003-11-27 Thread Peter Kirk
On 26/11/2003 13:17, Timothy Partridge wrote: ... I would consider A and B to be different versions of the same process. I read the word assume to mean make an assumption without definite knowledge. If process B *knows* something is true it can exploit that knowledge. ... Well, is it generally ag

Re: What is a process?

2003-11-26 Thread Timothy Partridge
Peter Kirk wrote: > As there hasn't been a rush of on-list responses to this one, and partly > in reply to the one off-list response, let me clarify the issue I am > have in mind. > > Instance A of a program P, version X, writes a Unicode character string > S, in a particular normalisation form

Re: What is a process?

2003-11-25 Thread Doug Ewell
Peter Kirk wrote: > Instance A of a program P, version X, writes a Unicode character > string S, in a particular normalisation form, to a storage medium Z. > Some time later (maybe seconds, maybe years) instance B of version Y > of that same program P reads that string from the same storage mediu

RE: What is a process?

2003-11-25 Thread Philippe Verdy
Peter Kirk writes: > The Unicode conformance clauses, in TUS 4.0 section 3.2, are written in > terms of what "A process" may or may not do, sometimes in relation to > "another process". But there doesn't seem to be a definition, either on > this section or in the glossary, of "process". Is this

Re: What is a process?

2003-11-25 Thread Peter Kirk
On 25/11/2003 12:02, Peter Kirk wrote: The Unicode conformance clauses, in TUS 4.0 section 3.2, are written in terms of what "A process" may or may not do, sometimes in relation to "another process". But there doesn't seem to be a definition, either on this section or in the glossary, of "proce

Re: What is a process?

2003-11-25 Thread Doug Ewell
Peter Kirk wrote: > The Unicode conformance clauses, in TUS 4.0 section 3.2, are written > in terms of what "A process" may or may not do, sometimes in relation > to "another process". But there doesn't seem to be a definition, > either on this section or in the glossary, of "process". Is this to

What is a process?

2003-11-25 Thread Peter Kirk
The Unicode conformance clauses, in TUS 4.0 section 3.2, are written in terms of what "A process" may or may not do, sometimes in relation to "another process". But there doesn't seem to be a definition, either on this section or in the glossary, of "process". Is this to be understood in a gene