Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!rutgers!sri-unix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwspp!spp2!jeff From: jeff@spp2.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Comparison of C Compiler Implementations Message-ID: <1240@spp2.UUCP> Date: Sun, 15-Feb-87 01:58:20 EST Article-I.D.: spp2.1240 Posted: Sun Feb 15 01:58:20 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 15-Feb-87 22:52:02 EST References: <4631@ut-ngp.UUCP> <1236@spp2.UUCP> <3085@gitpyr.gatech.EDU> Reply-To: jeff@spp2.UUCP (Jeff Hull) Organization: TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, CA Lines: 24 In article <3085@gitpyr.gatech.EDU> thomps@gitpyr.gatech.EDU (Ken Thompson (No not that Ken Thompson) ) writes: >A validation suite requires something to validate against. >... >I expect C validation suites will become common >after the ANSI standard is published. > >As it is, what would you validate against. I think a validation suite is any set of programs that evaluate specified features of a language/compiler. True, most validation suites test features specified for a language by some standard, but not all. I think it is none too soon to start developing a validation suite for C even though the ANSI standard is not yet finalized. I also think it would be a good idea if our validation suite reported on BOTH Kernighan & Ritchie and ANSI compatibility of compilers. Jeff Hull decvax,hplabs \ 13817 Yukon Avenue ihnp4,sdcrdcf -> !trwrb!trwspp!spp2!jeff Hawthorne, CA 90250 ucbvax,vortex / It was great when it all begaaaaaaaaan, I was a regular faaaaaaaaaan, ...