[Oberon] Oberon Digest, Vol 222, Issue 8

[Soren Renner]

Count me in for Linux64

On Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 6:00 AM <oberon-request at lists.inf.ethz.ch> wrote:

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>    1. A2 development and distribution; was, Distribution practice.
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> Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2022 08:25:34 -0800
> From: peter at easthope.ca
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> Subject: [Oberon] A2 development and distribution; was, Distribution
>         practice.
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> From:   Felix Friedrich <felixf at inf.ethz.ch>
> Date:   Mon, 7 Nov 2022 08:22:19 +0100
> > ... boils down to a binary search in past revisions until the
> > revision can be found that introduced the new behavior.
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> Fundamental methods are so pervasive and powerful!  A few days ago I
> considered binary search to find a fault in series wired Christmas
> lights.  In that case another algorithm was more appropriate but at
> the end of the day, 210 lights worked again.  =8~)
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> > Example: in revision x we change the representation of arrays with
> > pointers. Only in revision y = x + d we find out that on particular
> > systems ... We check out revision y - 200 ...
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> Difficulty of the correction process increases with d.  With a
> relatively low frequency of use, A2 has large values of d, in
> comparison to Debian Linux for example.  What strategy can help to
> keep d small for A2?  My naive thought is to increase rate of testing
> in relation to rate of revision.    Perhaps enlist volunteers to
> perform a test procedure for each platform.  I can test on Linux32 and
> according to
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> https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Oberon/A2#Target_Systems_and_File_Name_Extensions
> volunteers are needed for five other targets.  We also need a test
> process suitable for the volunteers.
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> Regards,                               ... P.L.
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