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Subject: Re: WCSAC.0107

Author: martin fierz

Date: 07:50:33 05/10/05

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On May 10, 2005 at 05:22:57, Steven Edwards wrote:

>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.

as i said, there are already debugged test suites available. one more won't
hurt, but it won't be really useful IMO.

cheers
  martin



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