From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!menlo70!sytek!zehntel!tektronix!ogcvax!rascal
Newsgroups: net.lang.ada
Title: ACVC
Article-I.D.: ogcvax.307
Posted: Fri May  6 12:51:42 1983
Received: Tue May 17 21:08:39 1983

ACVC stands for Ada Compiler Validation Capability.

I'm not surprised that NYU's compiler was the first to pass all ACVC
tests since (I think) SofTech used Ada/Ed to develop the ACVC tests.
However, I believe passing ACVC tests is only part of the validation
process: some extra documentation must also be provided.

I remember someone at an AdaTEC conference saying something like:

	If Ada/Ed is used to validate ACVC, and if ACVC is
	used to validate Ada/Ed, does that mean that every
	validated Ada compiler must have all the same bugs
	found in ACVC and Ada/Ed?

Of course, real validation is done through the DoD, so the race is still on!

		Steve Scalpone

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