Re: [C--] Mlite C Compiler -- A C front-end generates C-- code

Ning Wang <[email protected]> Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:58:34 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lang.c--
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Thomas Danecker wrote:
>> By compiling the emitted C code with reference compilers such as gcc,  we can verify whether a translation is correct or not.
>>     
>
> How, exactly, can you verify if the tranlation is correct or not? Just
> compiling the emitted code surley is too little for that...
>   
You are right. A better term is "test" instead of "verify", or more 
precisely,  "the small step translations and emitting C code in each 
translation make isolating translation errors and testing translation 
errors easier".

Cheers,
Ning
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