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A Fuzzer for the Toy Optimizer

30 points by surprisetalk ago | 5 comments

r9295 |next [-]

Those interested in testing optimizers may have a look at equivalence modulo testing, a fascinating research field:

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2666356.2594334

ashwinnair99 |next |previous [-]

Fuzzing your own optimizer before shipping it is the kind of thing that sounds obvious in hindsight and almost nobody does upfront.

cinntaile |previous [-]

It would have been nice if the article explained what an optimizer is in this case?

tekknolagi |root |parent [-]

I will add "compiler" before "optimizer" and link to the toy optimizer series

cinntaile |root |parent [-]

Thanks! I had to go to the rest of your site to make sense of it so that seems like the right approach.