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The present invention is a system and method for testing various language versions of an application program using a single test script. An internal dictionary and/or an external dictionary are used to provide translations of command strings from one language to the specific language of the applicat

The present invention is a system and method for testing various language versions of an application program using a single test script. An internal dictionary and/or an external dictionary are used to provide translations of command strings from one language to the specific language of the application program. The test script may then be translated at run time using the dictionaries to allow the testing program to test the application program in accordance with the language of the application program. Fuzzy match logic may be used to provide appropriate language translation of the command string. The internal dictionary may be automatically updated at run time so that it may learn language translations of unknown command strings for future runs.

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The present invention is a system and method for testing various language versions of an application program using a single test script. An internal dictionary and/or an external dictionary are used to provide translations of command strings from one language to the specific language of the applicat

The present invention is a system and method for testing various language versions of an application program using a single test script. An internal dictionary and/or an external dictionary are used to provide translations of command strings from one language to the specific language of the application program. The test script may then be translated at run time using the dictionaries to allow the testing program to test the application program in accordance with the language of the application program. Fuzzy match logic may be used to provide appropriate language translation of the command string. The internal dictionary may be automatically updated at run time so that it may learn language translations of unknown command strings for future runs. n. 2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the first and second operands each contain a plurality of packed objects in respective lanes wherein the method comprises checking the test condition against a condition code set for each lane of each operand and carrying out the operation only in those lanes for which the condition code satisfies the test condition. 3. A method according to claim 1, wherein the test register contains a condition code selector wherein the method comprises checking the test condition against the condition code selected by the condition code selector in the addressed test register and selectively carrying out the operation in dependence on whether that condition code satisfies the test condition. 4. A method according to claim 1, wherein the address field is three bits long, and the test register contains eight bits. 5. A method according to claim 1 when carried out in a computer system comprising first and second execution channels with corresponding first and second associated sets of conditions, wherein an instruction executed on one of the execution channels updates its associated set of condition codes which is accessible by an instruction executing on the other execution channel. 6. A method according to claim 4, wherein the test register contains a side field which denotes a set of condition codes that is to be accessed. 7. A computer system for conditionally carrying out an operation defined in a computer instruction, the computer system comprising: fetch and decoding circuitry for fetching and decoding a sequence of instructions from a program memory; at least one execution unit for conditionally executing said instructions and including means for accessing a test register defined in an address field of the instruction; a condition code register for holding a set of condition codes used in determining whether or not the instruction is to be executed; and a test register holding a test code defining a test condition to be checked against at least one condition code in the set of condition codes to determine whether or not the instruction is to be executed. 8. A computer system according to claim 7, wherein the test register holds a condition code selector identifying one of said condition codes to be checked against with the test condition. 9. A computer system according to claim 6, wherein the test register holds a condition code selector identifying one of said condition codes to be checked against the test condition. 10. A computer system according to claim 9, wherein the test register contains a side field holding an indicator indicating which set of condition codes is to be accessed. 11. A computer program product comprising program code means in the form of a sequence of computer instructions each of which define first and second operands and an operation to be carried out on said operands, each instruction further including an address field of a predetermined bit length which identifies a test register holding a plurality of test bits greater than said predetermined bit length, the computer program product being loadable into a computer system and cooperating with the computer system to cause the test register identified in the address field to be accessed, a test condition held in the test register to be checked against at least one condition code, and the operation to be selectively carried out in dependence on whether the condition code satisfies the test condition. return instruction, an address of a branched-to instruction registered in the branch history is compared with all return addresses stored in valid entries in the return address stack. A unit is provided to transmit a matching address as a return address of the return instruction to an instruction fetch unit for fetching an instruction.