Compiler testing bibliography & article

Flash Sheridan <flash@pobox.com>
28 Apr 2007 23:27:56 -0400

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From: Flash Sheridan <flash@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers,comp.software.testing
Date: 28 Apr 2007 23:27:56 -0400
Organization: Stanford PalmPilot User Group
References: 93-12-064
Keywords: bibliography
Posted-Date: 28 Apr 2007 23:27:56 EDT

With the gracious permission of the editors of Software: Practice and
Experience, I've posted a bibliography of compiler testing, with an
emphasis on practical testing of C and C++, at


http://pobox.com/~flash/compiler_testing_bibliography.html


This was originally written for an article in the journal, "Practical
Testing of a C99 Compiler Using Output Comparison," covering my
experience testing the PalmSource (now Access) ARM compiler for Palm
OS Cobalt. The article is available for a fee at


http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/spe.812


with a preprint at


http://pobox.com/~flash/Practical_Testing_of_C99.pdf


A list of bugs discovered using the techniques in the article is at


http://pobox.com/~flash/FlashsOpenSourceBugReports.html


I'll update the bibliography as I become aware of new articles on
compiler testing; please let me know of anything important I've
missed. (Obviously there will be some judgement involved in what to
include; I'm aiming more at being useful than at being comprehensive.)


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Static analyzer
Palm, Inc./Manpower
http://pobox.com/~flash


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