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   Gerry Jackson   wrote:   
      
   >Some of these, particularly the reporting has been suggested before but,   
   >as you pointed out elsewhere everybody is an unpaid volunteer and nobody   
   >has found the time or motivation to undertake such extensions. Are you   
   >volunteering? I've just requested that the Forth 200X committee find   
   >someone else to take over my test suite - so feel free to volunteer.   
   >   
   >One thing not included in the Test Suite in the standard, as far as I   
   >can see,  and not mentioned in your wish list is that the Hayes tester   
   >assumes so much of the system is working before the tests actually start   
   >- how do you test the tester? I thought about this and developed a   
   >preliminary test based on the assumption that for automated testing at   
   >least the interpreter must work. So it starts by using SOURCE TYPE (   
   >comments ) and CR to output messages and include a commentary of how the   
   >tests progress. If the displays are correct it tests >IN manipulation   
   >and uses it as an interpretive IF to actually detect errors. Then it   
   >goes on to do a basic test of the words used in the Hayes tester and so   
   >on. This is included in the link above.   
      
   Practically speaking. ciforth went from a working fig-forth 16 bits i86   
   to a working 386 to a working ISO Forth to  linux 32 and 64 i86   
   and linux 32 and 64 arm , to a linux 64 risc-V.   
   What you describe is worthwhile, but not needed in most cases.   
   A c-based compiler like gforth will most likely work essentially   
   on the first try.   
      
   (Appreciate your work on extending the tests.)   
      
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