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Subject: Re: WCSAC.0107

Author: Steven Edwards

Date: 02:22:57 05/10/05

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On May 10, 2005 at 05:07:12, martin fierz wrote
>On May 09, 2005 at 17:43:17, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>On May 09, 2005 at 17:24:36, martin fierz wrote:
>>>On May 09, 2005 at 14:54:54, Steven Edwards wrote:

>>>>WCSAC.0107:
>>>
>>>forget it - WCSAC is no good. use ECMGCP instead...
>>
>>It is still interesting to debug the test suite.
>>
>>After his efforts, we will have a better understanding of this particular set.
>>
>>I expect every test suite will always have bugs in it until we drive every
>>position all the way forward to formal proof of the outcome.
>>
>>I think that WAC is probably the most carefully debugged, but I am also sure
>>that there are bugs still in it.
>
>both WACnew and ECMGCP are good. WCSAC as a book is just full of errors. if you
>want to spend your time debugging it, fine. if you want to spend your time
>debugging your program, use WACnew (for weak programs only) or ECMGCP.

A debugged WCSAC will be useful for many, including myself.  Also, I feel a
little bit of personal responsibility here: I would have extensively debugged
WCSAC and several others had I had the resources years ago when I first made the
EPD test suites available on the net.



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