Compiler validation: an assessment
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Abstract
The Federal COBOL Compiler Testing Service (FCCTS) was transferred from the Department of the Navy to the General Services Administration (GSA) in May, 1979. GSA renamed it the Federal Compiler Testing Center (FCTC) and expanded its functions beyond that of COBOL compiler validation. This paper discusses (1) the effect of the FCCTS/FCTC in the area of COBOL over the past eight years, mainly in the area of the standardization of COBOL; (2) the quality of COBOL compilers today contrasted with those of six and 10 years ago; and (3) the effect of this work on the ADP procurement process and ultimately the end user. Today's COBOL 74 compiler, on the average, is far superior to its predecessors, developed for COBOL 68.
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[1]
"Federal Standard COBOL (COBOL 74)," Federal Information Processing Standard Publication 21-1. Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington D.C. 20402.
[2]
Federal Property Management Regulation, Subpart 101-36.1305-1. "FIPS PUB 21-1, Federal Standard COBOL," General Services Administration, Washington, D.C. 20405
[3]
American National Standard Code for Information Interchange, X3.4-1977, American National Standards Institute Incorporated, New York 1977.
[4]
American National Standard COBOL, X3.23-1968, American National Standards Institute Incorporated, New York 1968.
[5]
American National Standard Programming Language COBOL, X3.23-1974, American National Standards Institute Incorporated, New York, 1974.
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Baird, G. N. and Cook, Margaret M. "Experiences in COBOL Compiler Validation," Proc. NCC 74, AFIPS Press, Montvale, NJ, pp. 417--421.
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Conference on Data Systems Language. (CODASYL) COBOL COMMITTEE JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT, P.O. Box 1808, Washington, D.C. 20013.
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G. J. Myers. "The Art of Software Testing," New York: Wiley-Interscience, 1979.
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Experiences in COBOL compiler validation
AFIPS '74: Proceedings of the May 6-10, 1974, national computer conference and expositionThe Federal COBOL Compiler Testing Service (FCCTS) is an activity of the Software Development Division of the Department of the Navy, Automatic Data Processing Equipment Selection Office (ADPESO). Since July 1, 1972, all COBOL compilers brought into the ...
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ISBN:9781450379212
DOI:10.1145/1500412
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Published: 04 May 1981
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