Re: What computer languages are standardised?

Paul F. Dietz wrote On 11/17/05 05:31,:

> IMO, a standard becomes especially useful when it's embodied in a set
> of conformance tests. Such tests keep the implementors on the same
> page, and also help debug the standard ('did you *really* mean to
> require that behavior?')
>
> Paul

Sure, thats a good one. Pascal had a huge suite of compliance tests
appear at the same time as its standards (both of them). In fact,
the Pascal compliance test may stand alone for a long time as
being one of the best that has ever appeared. It checked not only
what was in the standard, but checked for cases that should not
compile as well, and many other quality tests.

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