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Article #7424Re: Monkey
From: Terrell Drinkard
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1989 16:24
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1989 16:24
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In article <4970@internal.Apple.COM> wrs@apple.com (Walter Smith) writes: >Monkey is a real DA that has been around practically forever. The very >first low-memory global (0x100) is called MonkeyLives; it is a flag to let >apps know that Monkey is running so they can refuse to do destructive >things like replacing the Finder with a MacPaint document (which is the >sort of thing Monkey tries to do surprisingly often). > >I can personally attest that in a user-interface-intensive program >Monkey finds bugs like nothing else I know, precisely because of its >randomness. As IM says, it just spits random keys and mouse clicks into >the app and waits for it to crash, so it gets into situations that no sane >human, tester or otherwise, would ever try--it just wouldn't occur to them. > >- Walt Is there anyone out there who could mail me a copy of Monkey? I would love to use it to test my new application. Any Aeronautical Engineering types out there? It does single point thermodynamic analysis of modified turbine engine cycles. Ever wondered what a turbofan with intercooling and a regenerator would do? This one will do it. I'm looking for a couple of beta testers also. Any volunteers? Terry Disclaimer et la Signaturo: Hell no, I'm not responsible for what I say! If everyone were responsible for what they said, we'd have had a balanced budget in 1984.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!polyslo!cosmos.acs.calpoly.edu!tdrinkar From: tdrinkar@cosmos.acs.calpoly.edu (Terrell Drinkard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Monkey Message-ID: <1989Oct31.162413.22489@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> Date: 31 Oct 89 16:24:13 GMT References: <35975@apple.Apple.COM> <1083@diemen.cc.utas.oz> <36000@apple.Apple.COM> <2@microsoft.UUCP> <4970@internal.Apple.COM> Sender: news@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (News Guru) Reply-To: tdrinkar@cosmos.acs.calpoly.edu.UUCP (Terrell Drinkard) Distribution: comp Organization: Cal Poly State University -- San Luis Obispo Lines: 30