tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36118108.post768022771512025805..comments2023-12-06T00:17:28.519-08:00Comments on Creative Chaos: Nifty Triangle Test ExampleMatthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05956714498778698672noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36118108.post-50595791891093286882011-03-15T08:40:42.855-07:002011-03-15T08:40:42.855-07:00Matt,
It goes back at least to Fred Gruenberger. ...Matt,<br /><br />It goes back at least to Fred Gruenberger. In his paper Program Testing: the Historical Perspective he mentions the triangle problem. The paper is based on a talk held during the Chapel Hill Symposium (1972) and is published in the book Program Test Methods (1973), edited by William Hetzel.<br /><br />In the paper Gruenberger mentions the book Computers and Society by Richard Hamming (1972) as a source for the triangle problem.Jorisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36118108.post-12945630483611897242009-03-05T11:40:00.000-08:002009-03-05T11:40:00.000-08:00I like the exercise - yes, it's limited, and yes, ...I like the exercise - yes, it's limited, and yes, it's not a "real" application, but conceptually, it's quite good. It tells you when you're overtesting (something easy to do in exploratory testing), and it give you a variety of other valid feedback on your choices of inputs. <BR/><BR/>Looking forward to your post tomorrow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36118108.post-53489539086652917372009-03-05T11:00:00.000-08:002009-03-05T11:00:00.000-08:00Your post prompted this math-o-phobe to try the ex...Your post prompted this math-o-phobe to try the exercise, and actually I did pretty well! Funny how the perception of "math" and "geometry" turned me off of what is actually not a bad way to see what test cases someone comes up with.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10230090963033880060noreply@blogger.com