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Date: 9 Sep 92 23:36:37 GMT
From: visicom!amstel!rlk@nosc.mil  (Bob Kitzberger)
Subject: Re: Play 20K expressions again, Sam
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arra@orb.camb.inmet.com (Arra Avakian) writes:

>Real world test suites are critical to compiler quality, no matter the 
>language it compiles or the its implementation language.
>Boostrapping puts a real world test case in the hands of the compiler 
>developer, with a very desirable impact on its quality.

A downside to bootstrapping is that it increases a vendor's time-to-market.

"Good cooking takes time.  If you are made to wait, it is to serve you better,
and to please you".

			-- Menu of Restaraunt Antoine, New Orleans
			   (shamelessly snagged from "The Myth. Man-Month")

	.Bob.
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