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It is very common for compilers to be tested using client code. It is a practice that goes back decades. Nowadays with so many open source projects and so much
by jfkebwjsbx 6y ago
It is very common for compilers to be tested using client code. It is a practice that goes back decades.
Nowadays with so many open source projects and so much distributed computer power, it is even easier.
- pornel 6y agoWhat makes it easy and powerful for Rust is that ~all Rust projects use Cargo as the build system and test runner, so Crater can really test every Rust project in existence, not just code samples hand-picked into compiler's test suite.
- jfkebwjsbx 6y agoOnly open source projects, which will not be the majority if Rust ends up taking up speed.