ray@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au (Douglas Ray) (05/24/91)
Lots of queries since I requested the C compiler tester. Here's
responses. Note that I am not in the habit of testing C compilers.
None of the items listed is just a C compiler tester. I have not
tested all the sites listed later.
[apologies for any repeat articles, I keep crashing the poster]
config Steve Pemberton
metaconfig Larry Wall
paranoia Kahan, Sumner, Gay & Wichmann
Plum-Hall suite
The compiler tester I wanted was Steven Pemberton's config. Current
version (1990) is 4.2, and is probably at the sites listed below. It
covers a range of compiler related things, including maths library
routines and some ansi tests. Please, *nobody* write another program
called 'config'!
Larry Wall's metaconfig script generator does a wider coverage of
system/unix related stuff; very impressive, and geared for practical
script generation rather than just system diagnostics.
An informative test for maths libraries is Paranoia; a couple of sites
are listed for C sources. Paranoia exists in C, Fortran, Pascal and
Basic (having been successively translated from one to the other in
approximately reverse order).
Lastly, a couple of people mentioned the Plum-Hall benchmark suite:
commercial, but bits and pieces were released publically via BYTE. I
haven't followed this up.
- douglas ray
-------- config 4.2 - steve pemberton -------------
uunet.uu.net (192.48.96.2)
/comp.sources.misc/volume10/config42.Z
shape.mps.ohio-state.edu (128.146.7.200)
/pub/archives/comp.sources.misc/volume10/config42.Z
plains.nodak.edu (134.129.111.64)
/pub/gpo/toys/config42.Z
toklab.ics.osaka-u.ac.jp (133.1.12.30)
/UUNET/tape5/comp.sources.misc/volume10/config42.Z
garbo.uwasa.fi (128.214.12.37)
/unix/misc/c-compiler-config.c
ifi.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de (129.69.211.1)
/pub/comp.sources/misc/config42.Z
brolga.cc.uq.oz.au (130.102.128.5)
/comp.sources.misc/volume10/config42.Z
---------- metaconfig - larry wall ----------------------
uxc.cso.uiuc.edu (128.174.5.50)
/utils.opt/dist/mcon/metaconfig
/utils.opt/dist/mcon/metaconfig.1
uxc.cso.uiuc.edu (128.174.5.50)
/utils.opt/dist/mcon/metaconfig.SH
/utils.opt/dist/mcon/metaconfig.man
apple.com (130.43.2.2)
/pub/ArchiveVol1/unix_lwall/dist/mcon/metaconfig.SH
/pub/ArchiveVol1/unix_lwall/dist/mcon/metaconfig.man
cs.dal.ca (129.173.4.5)
/pub/comp.archives/metaconfig
jyu.fi (128.214.7.5)
/pub/misc/metaconfig
reseq.regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de (192.48.107.50)
/public/utils/metaconfig/metaconfig.man
/public/utils/metaconfig/metaconfig.SH
---------- paranoia - Kahan et al -----------------------
jaguar.utah.edu (128.110.4.71)
/otherstuff/paranoia.c.Z
suphys.physics.su.oz.au (129.78.129.1)
/Esix/src/math/new/paranoia.c.Z