Re: What computer languages are standardised?


Scott Moore wrote:
> 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.

Doesn't ADA have a standard compliance test suite? I'd expect it to be
more extensive than one for PASCAL, but I do not know this to be a
fact.
Ed

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