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| 5597.1 | | COOKIE::FROEHLIN | Let's RAID the Internet! | Thu Jan 23 1997 14:04 | 4 |
| 5597.2 | | MPOS01::naiad.mpo.dec.com::mpos01::cerling | I'[email protected] | Fri Jan 24 1997 09:51 | 9 |
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The testing issue tends to be the reason why some ISVs do not port
to Alpha. They don't want to have to test/support two environments.
I don't do development anymore, but one engineer I know that has done
alot of development in the mixed environment says that as long as you
wrote good code, the applications were the same on both platforms.
But he still tested on both.
tgc
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| 5597.3 | | 8153::tecotoo.mro.dec.com::mayer | Danny Mayer | Fri Jan 24 1997 10:35 | 6 |
| Since you're in QA, you shouldn't even need to ask. You MUST test
on all platforms you are going to support. For some applications you could
even find yourself testing against different graphics adapters, or disks,
or memory, or....
Danny
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| 5597.4 | NuMega or Purify finds these errors easily | EDSCLU::NICHOLS | | Fri Jan 24 1997 14:44 | 10 |
| We support Intel and Alpha. Our source code is 100% (so far) the same on
both HW types. All we do is recompile. I would recomend testing on as
many platform combinations as you can get your hands on. The stacks
grow in different directions, so if you overwrite local variables, you
get into odd troubles depending on your platform. So far, thats the only
difference weve found.
Test as much and as many as you can.
.02
--roger
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| 5597.5 | DECevent and DSNlink | DSNENG::KOLBE | Wicked Wench of the Web | Mon Jan 27 1997 08:43 | 6 |
| As one who has been testing across multiple platforms I say, test
on all of them. You can't believe how much one little difference
can do to your code. Our products hit down into the hardware area
so they are more difference sensitive than many apps but it's
always best to be sure. I don't event like to think about what
UNIX V4.0 did to us! Let's just say it was ugly. liesl
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| 5597.6 | | IOSG::BILSBOROUGH | SWBFS | Wed Jan 29 1997 06:25 | 11 |
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Thanks for everones replies.
If I had the time/if the department had the resources then obviously
I'd be testing on all platforms.
How will NuMega help reduce the problems?
Thanks,
Mike
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