System Tester accuracy q (from 23 yrs in mkts)

["Irv" <madsci@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
 
I know y'all went through excruciating 
agony over the single- vs. double-precision integer deal earlier, and I can 
appreciate the problems it could cause strictly mechanical systems, but I would 
like to know if anyone has doublechecked the MS ST results against other 
programs, or self-coded routines? There are just SO many STests that go to zero 
so quickly (trading longs and shorts), it makes me wonder.
 
In case this strikes some listers as a 
dunce's question, over 95% of my income has come from the markets for the past 
23 years. But yes, I'm not that familiar with MS.
 
Irv