Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!cmcl2!arizona!rupley From: rupley@arizona.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted,comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: sources from "The AWK Programming Language" Message-ID: <3097@megaron.arizona.edu> Date: Sat, 5-Dec-87 04:54:33 EST Article-I.D.: megaron.3097 Posted: Sat Dec 5 04:54:33 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 10-Dec-87 00:54:55 EST References: <19178@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA> <199@uncle.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson Lines: 32 Xref: utgpu comp.sources.wanted:2579 comp.lang.misc:879 Summary: test suite available with source distribution In article <199@uncle.UUCP>, jbm@uncle.UUCP (John B. Milton) writes: >In article <19178@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA> jlevy@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (sleeze hack) writes: >>Has anyone typed in the AWK programs found in "The AWK Programming >>Language" by Aho & co. ? If so, please send them to me. Thanks. >> >>I'm playing with an AWK interpreter, and need test programs. So if >>there are any test suites for the "new" AWK, or non trivial AWK programs, >>I'd be interested in them, also. >> >Me too. At my new job we are converting a set of over 600 COBOL programs from >a Honeywell to UNIX using awk. >-- >John Bly Milton IV, jbm@uncle.UUCP, {ihnp4|cbosgd}!n8emr!uncle!jbm There is a comprehensive test suite supplied by AT&T Toolchest as part of the source code of the new awk distribution, which is what is described in the recent (198[78]) book by "Aho & co." The source code is clearly copyright. I am not sure about the test suite. But test suite and source code are not that expensive (ca $300). Perhaps your institution already has a copy. Hope this helps, John Rupley uucp: ..{ihnp4 | hao!noao}!arizona!rupley!local internet: rupley!local@megaron.arizona.edu telex: 9103508679(JARJAR) (H) 30 Calle Belleza, Tucson AZ 85716 - (602) 325-4533 (O) Dept. Biochemistry, Univ. Arizona, Tucson AZ 85721 - (602) 621-3929