Testing ALGOL 60 compilers

1 April 1976

journal article
research article
Published by Wiley in Software: Practice and Experience

Vol. 6 (2) , 261-270
https://doi.org/10.1002/spe.4380060212

Abstract

This paper describes some programs used to test ALGOL 60 compilers. The results of the tests on six compilers are given together with some comments on their likely effectiveness in locating bugs in other compilers.

Keywords

ALGOL 60
TESTING
VALIDATION
COMPILER TESTS

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