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- From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman)
- Subject: Re: Play 20K expressions again, Sam
- Message-ID: <1992Sep14.041215.21016@seas.gwu.edu>
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- Organization: George Washington University
- References: <1992Sep9.161353.5418@seas.gwu.edu> <1992Sep9.180517.20788@inmet.camb.inmet.com> <rlk.716081797@amstel>
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 04:12:15 GMT
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- In article <rlk.716081797@amstel> rlk@VisiCom.COM (Bob Kitzberger) writes:
- >arra@orb.camb.inmet.com (Arra Avakian) writes:
- >
- >>Real world test suites are critical to compiler quality, no matter the
- >>language it compiles or the its implementation language.
- >>Boostrapping puts a real world test case in the hands of the compiler
- >>developer, with a very desirable impact on its quality.
- >
- >A downside to bootstrapping is that it increases a vendor's time-to-market.
- >
- ...as TeleSoft discovered. On the other hand, once the first bootstrapped
- product is out there, each new version gets easier and better, as I think
- TeleSoft also discovered.
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- Mike Feldman
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