From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: Standard Ada program w\ all (possible) features
Date: 1996/10/17
Date: 1996-10-17T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <dewar.845526277@merv> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 326564A2.44D8@csehp1.mdc.com
iJames Squire wrote
"Robert Dewar wrote:
>
> "Where can I get a sample program that includes as many as
> ada features as possible?"
>
> Hopefully nowhere!
> What a horrible idea.
Not if you are evaluating a compiler it isn't."
No, I disagree, a test program that randomly used as many features as
possible in a single program would be unlikely to be a useful test. What
is needed is a much more systematic approach to testing interactions of
features.
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Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-10-06 0:00 Standard Ada program w\ all (possible) features Ruibiao Qiu
1996-10-07 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-10-07 0:00 ` Michael Feldman
1996-10-16 0:00 ` James Squire
1996-10-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-10-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-10-16 0:00 ` James Squire
1996-10-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
1996-10-18 0:00 ` Geert Bosch
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