From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,703c4f68db81387d X-Google-Thread: 109fba,703c4f68db81387d X-Google-Thread: 115aec,703c4f68db81387d X-Google-Thread: f43e6,703c4f68db81387d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,gid109fba,gid115aec,gidf43e6,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!news.glorb.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!trndny02.POSTED!c2bfcbcf!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++,comp.realtime,comp.software-eng Subject: Re: Teaching new tricks to an old dog (C++ -->Ada) References: <871xau9nlh.fsf@insalien.org> <19167262.fkuVsrGd7i@linux1.krischik.com> Message-ID: From: "Ed Falis" Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=us-ascii MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Opera M2(BETA1)/8.00 (Linux, build 913) Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 02:15:52 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 70.22.128.152 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: trndny02 1110766552 70.22.128.152 (Sun, 13 Mar 2005 21:15:52 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 21:15:52 EST Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:9346 comp.lang.c++:45480 comp.realtime:1436 comp.software-eng:4999 Date: 2005-03-14T02:15:52+00:00 List-Id: On 13 Mar 2005 19:31:47 -0500, Robert A Duff wrote: > As far as I know, all Ada compiler vendors take it seriously, and ensure > that their compilers pass 100% of the test suite. My company (Sofcheck, > Inc.) runs the ACATS every night, so we notice any regressions quickly. > We don't normally release a compiler that doesn't pass. I believe > AdaCore (the folks who produce the gcc version of Ada (GNAT)) do the > same. Yes, we do. > As I said elsewhere, passing 100% of the ACATS, or 100% of any other > test suite, does not guarantee the absense of bugs (obviously). Agree wholeheartedly. - Ed