Description:
CVSA is the most comprehensive and thorough C compiler conformance test suite available worldwide. Introduced in 1984, it was originally based on the first edition of The C Programming Language by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie, of AT&T Bell Laboratories. CVSA now covers the original C language, and all of the ISO/IEC C Standard, including the most recent changes for C9X.  CVSA also includes all of the tests contained in ACVS. With over 56,000 test cases, in 40+ Mbytes of code, CVSA provides conformance testing for the following standards/publications. 
 

1.	International Standard for Programming Language-C, ISO/IEC 9899:1990
2.	ISO C Standard: Technical Corrigenda 1 & 2.
3.	ISO C Standard, Amendment 1: 1995 (which added multibyte and wide character extensions to the C language)
4.	New features being added to the C language by the ISO C Standards Committee, commonly referred to as C9X.
5.	The original C language bible: The C Programming Language by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie.

Certification/Branding:
Conformance testing programs officially awarding a Certificate of Validation for the first three standards named above (i.e., the current ISO-C Standard) are available from Perennial.