Property-Based Testing of Ocaml 5's Runtime System [pdf]
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The story shares a research paper on property-based testing of OCaml 5's runtime system, with the discussion highlighting the author's contributions to uncovering tricky bugs in the multicore runtime.
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His work has uncovered a number of really tricky bugs in the multicore runtime but what's brilliant is the reports normally come with a minimal reproduction. This makes working out the cause so much easier.
Great work Jan.