Hello All,<div><br></div><div>I&#39;ve recently had the opportunity to explain in prose what denotational semantics are to a person unfamiliar with it. I was trying to get across the concept of distilling the essence out of some problem domain. I wasn&#39;t able to get the idea across so I&#39;m looking for some simple ways to explain it.</div>

<div><br></div><div>Does anyone know of a way to explain what&#39;s the meaning and objective of &quot;distilling the essence&quot; without introducing more jargon. One thing that comes to mind is how Newton&#39;s equations for gravity were a distillation of the essence of the way things fall.</div>

<div><br></div><div>Thanks in advance,</div><div><br></div><div>David</div><div><br></div><div>-- <br>David Sankel<br>Sankel Software<br><a href="http://www.sankelsoftware.com">www.sankelsoftware.com</a><br>
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