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Assert
Assertion or assert may refer to: Computing * Assertion (software development), a computer programming technique * assert.h, a header file in the standard library of the C programming language * Assertion definition language, a specification language providing a formal grammar to specify behaviour and interfaces for computer software Logic and language * Logical assertion, a statement that asserts that a certain premise is true * Proof by assertion, an informal fallacy in which a proposition is repeatedly restated * Time of assertion, in linguistics a secondary temporal reference in establishing tense * Assertive, a speech act that commits a speaker to the truth of the expressed proposition Other uses * Assert (horse) Assert (17 April 1979 – 14 September 1995) was an Irish people, Irish Thoroughbred Horse racing, racehorse and sire (horse), sire. As a two-year-old he was beaten by Golden Fleece (horse), Golden Fleece on his debut but went on to win the ... (1979–199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assert (horse)
Assert (17 April 1979 – 14 September 1995) was an Irish people, Irish Thoroughbred Horse racing, racehorse and sire (horse), sire. As a two-year-old he was beaten by Golden Fleece (horse), Golden Fleece on his debut but went on to win the Beresford Stakes. In the following year he won four Group One races: the Prix du Jockey Club, French Derby, Irish Derby, International Stakes, Benson & Hedges Gold Cup and Irish Champion Stakes, Joe McGrath Memorial Stakes. He was rated the best middle-distance horse in Europe in 1982 by Timeform. He was retired to stud at the end of his three-year-old season and became a successful sire of winners. Background Assert was a bay horse with a white blaze (horse marking), blaze and three sock (horse marking), socks bred in Ireland by the Moyglare Stud. He was from the first crop of foals sired by Be My Guest (horse), Be My Guest, an American-bred stallion who won the Waterford Crystal Mile when trained in Ireland by Vincent O'Brien. Be My Gue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assertion (software Development)
In computer programming, specifically when using the imperative programming paradigm, an assertion is a predicate (a Boolean-valued function over the state space, usually expressed as a logical proposition using the variables of a program) connected to a point in the program, that always should evaluate to true at that point in code execution. Assertions can help a programmer read the code, help a compiler compile it, or help the program detect its own defects. For the latter, some programs check assertions by actually evaluating the predicate as they run. Then, if it is not in fact true – an assertion failure – the program considers itself to be broken and typically deliberately crashes or throws an assertion failure exception. Details The following code contains two assertions, x > 0 and x > 1, and they are indeed true at the indicated points during execution: x = 1; assert x > 0; x++; assert x > 1; Programmers can use assertions to help specify programs and to re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assert
Assertion or assert may refer to: Computing * Assertion (software development), a computer programming technique * assert.h, a header file in the standard library of the C programming language * Assertion definition language, a specification language providing a formal grammar to specify behaviour and interfaces for computer software Logic and language * Logical assertion, a statement that asserts that a certain premise is true * Proof by assertion, an informal fallacy in which a proposition is repeatedly restated * Time of assertion, in linguistics a secondary temporal reference in establishing tense * Assertive, a speech act that commits a speaker to the truth of the expressed proposition Other uses * Assert (horse) Assert (17 April 1979 – 14 September 1995) was an Irish people, Irish Thoroughbred Horse racing, racehorse and sire (horse), sire. As a two-year-old he was beaten by Golden Fleece (horse), Golden Fleece on his debut but went on to win the ... (1979–199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assertion Definition Language
The Assertion Definition Language (ADL) is a specification language providing a formal grammar to specify behaviour and interfaces for computer software. ADL uses function pre- and postconditions to specify interfaces and is designed to provide an intermediary between informal English language specifications and formal programmatic test specifications. Tool support exists both to convert ADL specifications into natural language, and to generate test systems against which implementation code can be verified. ADL is developed cooperatively by The Open Group and SunTest of Sun Microsystems See also * Formal methods * Formal specification In computer science, formal specifications are mathematically based techniques whose purpose are to help with the implementation of systems and software. They are used to describe a system, to analyze its behavior, and to aid in its design by verif ... References External links ADL Homepage Formal specification languages {{compu-lang-st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Logical Assertion
In mathematical logic, a judgment (or judgement) or assertion is a statement or enunciation in a metalanguage. For example, typical judgments in first-order logic would be ''that a string is a well-formed formula'', or ''that a proposition is true''. Similarly, a judgment may assert the occurrence of a free variable in an expression of the object language, or the provability of a proposition. In general, a judgment may be any inductively definable assertion in the metatheory. Judgments are used in formalizing deduction systems: a logical axiom expresses a judgment, premises of a rule of inference are formed as a sequence of judgments, and their conclusion is a judgment as well (thus, hypotheses and conclusions of proofs are judgments). A characteristic feature of the variants of Hilbert-style deduction systems is that the ''context'' is not changed in any of their rules of inference, while both natural deduction and sequent calculus contain some context-changing rules. Thus, if w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proof By Assertion
Proof by assertion, sometimes informally referred to as proof by repeated assertion, is an informal fallacy in which a proposition is repeatedly restated regardless of contradiction and refutation.Austin J. Freeley, David L. Steinberg, ''Argumentation and Debate; Critical Thinking for Reasoned Decision Making'' (Wadsworth Cengage Learning, Boston, 2009), p. 196 The proposition can sometimes be repeated until any challenges or opposition cease, letting the proponent assert it as fact, and solely due to a lack of challengers ('' argumentum ad nauseam''). In other cases, its repetition may be cited as evidence of its truth, in a variant of the appeal to authority or appeal to belief fallacies. This fallacy is sometimes used as a form of rhetoric by politicians, or during a debate as a filibuster. In its extreme form, it can also be a form of brainwashing. Modern politics contains many examples of proofs by assertion. This practice can be observed in the use of political slogans, and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time Of Assertion
In linguistics, TAST (always written as uppercase T plus uppercase AST in subscript) is an abbreviation for the time of assertion, a secondary temporal reference in establishing tense. Grammatical tense represents the contrast between two measurements along the timeline of an utterance, with one of those measurements being the time of utterance TUTT (the time at which the actual utterance is made). TUTT is always the primary point of reference for tense. There are three additional references to which TUTT can be contrasted: TAST — the time of assertion, TCOM — the time of completion, and TEVL — the time of evaluation; these are secondary references. The type used for the secondary reference is determined by aspect and type of utterance. TAST is the time at which the action of a verb takes place. It can be a single point in time (in the non-durational aspects) such as in English “I had dinner at 5pm.” Or, it can be a range of time (in the duratio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speech Act
In the philosophy of language and linguistics, speech act is something expressed by an individual that not only presents information but performs an action as well. For example, the phrase "I would like the kimchi; could you please pass it to me?" is considered a speech act as it expresses the speaker's desire to acquire the kimchi, as well as presenting a request that someone pass the kimchi to them. According to Kent Bach, "almost any speech act is really the performance of several acts at once, distinguished by different aspects of the speaker's intention: there is the act of saying something, what one does in saying it, such as requesting or promising, and how one is trying to affect one's audience". The contemporary use of the term goes back to J. L. Austin's development of performative utterances and his theory of locutionary, illocutionary, and perlocutionary acts. Speech acts serve their function once they are said or communicated. These are commonly taken to include a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |