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Re: The universality of "single starting point"

• From: Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@gmail.com>
• To: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@mitre.org>
• Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 09:52:26 -0800

Oh, this is simply to avoid a "Buridan's ass" situation -- and I think
such avoidance is always good for a start.

Have you noticed that really difficult vide-games intentionally give
you so many choices for a move?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buridan%27s_ass

On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 8:50 AM, Costello, Roger L. <costello@mitre.org> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> 1. Formal grammars require that a single symbol be the starting point for all productions. For example, the starting symbol is S in this grammar:
>
>         S -> a Q a
>         Q -> ...
>
> 2. Structured programming tells us that every function should have a single entry point.
>
> 3. XML has a single starting point - the root element
>
> Wow! I see this concept of a single starting point everywhere I look. Above I have provided three occurrences. Would you provide other occurrences please?
>
> /Roger
>
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    • From: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@mitre.org>