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The Computer Journal 1991 34(4):380-381; doi:10.1093/comjnl/34.4.380
© 1991 by British Computer Society
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C. Brink *, I. M. Rewitzky * and R. A. Schmidt *

Department of Mathematics, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7700, South Africa

Non-classical logics, and in particular many-valued logics, are increasingly used in the study of formal aspects of computing. For example, a recent paper by P. F. Gibbins in this Journal presents a 3-valued propositional logic for VDM. In the use of such logics one naturally relies on earlier work done by logicians, a case in point being Gibbins's use of the concept of autodescriptivity, introduced by N. Rescher. The purpose of this Note is to sound a warning that Rescher's exposition of autodescriptivity is seriously flawed, and to clarify the autodescriptivity of the logic of VDM.


* Department of Mathematics, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7700, South Africa.


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