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The "test anything protocol" was a text based system for writing tests, I think perl might still use it I remember using it to implement the test suite for a S
by riffraff 5mo ago
The "test anything protocol" was a text based system for writing tests, I think perl might still use it
I remember using it to implement the test suite for a Shakespeare language interpreter. Fun times.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_Anything_Protocol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_Anything_Protocol
- catketch 5mo agoTAP is not really about writing tests, it's more about making sure that a system under test emits plain text logs that can easily be consumed/validated The markdown based tests described is more of an analog to gerken, robotframework, etc. there's a number of similar efforts. turning english-like specs for a test into executable tests has seens lots of variants over the years but LLMs have reaaly stepped up the possibilities