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  1. Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
  2. Path: in2.uu.net!allegra!alice!ark
  3. From: ark@research.att.com (Andrew Koenig)
  4. Subject: Re: What is a test harness?
  5. Message-ID: <DnuL6u.FyA@research.att.com>
  6. Organization: AT&T Research, Murray Hill NJ
  7. References: <313C00F0.51B5@bhp.com.au>
  8. Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 13:23:18 GMT
  9.  
  10. In article <313C00F0.51B5@bhp.com.au> bowen.richard.rw@bhp.com.au writes:
  11.  
  12. > Somewhere (I can't remember where) I read an article that 
  13. > mentioned test harnesses, but didn't elaborate.
  14.  
  15. A test harness is something that keeps people testing software
  16. from leaving their desks.
  17.  
  18. Sorry, I couldn't resist.  Actually, the term usually refers to a device
  19. (either hardware or software) that one connects to a component that is
  20. to be tested.  In other words, something that exercises a component
  21. thoroughly in the interest of testing.
  22. -- 
  23.                 --Andrew Koenig
  24.                   ark@research.att.com
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