Automatic grading programs
George E. Forsythe, Niklaus Wirth · Communications of the ACM · 1965
Stanford Urdver.sity,'IStanford CalOrnia Two ALGOL grader programs are presented for the computer evaluation of student ALGOL programs.One is for a beginner's program; it furnishes random data and checks answers.The other provides a searching test of the reliability and efficiency of an integration procedure.There is a statement of the essential properties of a computer system, in order that grader programs can be effectively used.* Presented I o the national meeting of theAssocbttion for Com~ puling Mactfinery, I'hiladelphia, August 1964, under the title ' 'Au tom a t.ie M~tc h ill() (3 rad i ng t)rogrttms.' ' The S tanford computers used for prog)'am Iests are partially supported by the National Science t:oun(h~tiolt under (',rant No. GP-948.i' Computer Science l)ep.%rtment.Volume 8 / Nu,nbcr 5 /