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Article #5452Re: bad code suite? (Yes)
From: Eugene N. Miya
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 1988 16:24
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 1988 16:24
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The Pascal Validation Suite has a class of programs for handling some
errors, but it is a zero-th (0th) approximation.
I made a similar query a few months back about testing optimization
(how do you know what it does? -type of question). The answer is
generally, we don't. No such animals exist, but I did find an
interesting piece of testing software which I have to sign
non-disclosure to view.
I don't think a fixed suite of programs could test the things you want.
And I now know the head of 3090 compiler testing at IBM and they don't
have such a thing (yet). All I can say, is that if you write or know
anybody writing such a thing, encourage them to put it in the public domain.
From the Rock of Ages Home for Retired Hackers:
--eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@ames-aurora.ARPA
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!pioneer!eugene From: eugene@pioneer.arpa (Eugene N. Miya) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: bad code suite? (Yes) Message-ID: <7430@ames.arpa> Date: 15 Apr 88 16:24:34 GMT References: <692@mcrware.UUCP> Sender: usenet@ames.arpa Reply-To: eugene@pioneer.UUCP (Eugene N. Miya) Distribution: na Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. Lines: 19 Keywords: compiler checkout error recovery Summary: Pascal to a 0th approximation, if any one makes one, make it PD