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From: "Nicholas D" <noads64 AT hotmail DOT com>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: random functional testing
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 21:37:50 +0000
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Hi,

Does anyone know of a random testing methodology or library that is 
available in the public domain?  If not, I may volunteer to create one.

I worked on a project that used random functional testing to verify a VHDL 
ASIC hardware design.  We used a testing language similar to C++.  It 
allowed you to define sets of test input values, ranges with the sets, and 
allowed you to pick from the sets exhaustively, randomly, or exhaustively 
AND randomly.  And, yes, it was much much easier and cleaner than just using 
rand().

I have recently talked to a colleague that is doing something similar in the 
software testing realm, but he is using a pascal-like syntax.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Nicholas

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