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Subject: Re: What is a good test suit to run for programs ....

Author: leonid

Date: 04:20:16 10/06/00

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On October 05, 2000 at 15:01:53, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On October 04, 2000 at 18:48:07, Joshua Lee wrote:
>
>>That are too weak to register a LCTII or BS score?
>
>
>Test suites are good for reasons most don't think about:
>
>if you have results for version X, and version X+1 does worse, you
>probably broke something.
>
>If version X+1 does better, you probably improved something.
>
>Comparing two different programs via test suite results doesn't say
>much for either one.
>
>Predicting ratings from test suite results is silly and unworkable.

Thanks for your words! They make me laugh for a while. What you said I found too
real and exact to react otherwise.

Leonid.



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