Thankfully, I understand point #3 above. But, let me understand the first two --

"I want you to write me a program that will do this on that computer using the other tool". Let's break it down --

Responsibilities -- I have to write a program. That is my responsibility. The program has to do "this." That is the program's responsibility.

I am going to sound like a doofus, but what are the "specs"? Are this, that, and the other the specs? Generally, when I think of specs, I think the way a car has specs -- it gives 4 gallons to a mile, it seets a football team, and it is as tall as a horse. If I think if it that way, perhaps my program's specs might be that it has to do this in 24 hours, or it has to be done on that computer which has a hobbled operating system.

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In reply to Re^2: "Designing" a Perl program by punkish
in thread "Designing" a Perl program by punkish

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