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   0x0badf00d to All   
   Parser testing while grammar rules are u   
   15 Mar 09 00:49:20   
   
   From: 0x0badf00d@gmail.com   
      
   Hi.   
      
   I'm sorry if this group is not relevant. I'll be thankful for any idea,   
   on where to look for answer.   
   Let's say, we have language somehow similar to ADA. And we have a parser   
   /compiler for this language. And we know it contain bugs.   
   We do not have grammar rules for language, instead, we have a tons of   
   source code written in this language.   
   We would like to test parser against possible bugs. We could take source   
   code, alter it slightly and pass to parser and see, if it will return   
   error. Or, we could apply Markov chains algorithm (which could alter   
   human readable texts into humorous): but this is not seems very good   
   solution.   
   Are there something ready and known?   
      
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