> So my grudging thought is, "OK". But if I could steer you to finish some > JS things or optimize some Elisp code or work on a Waddell-style inliner > or a Scheme native compiler, these are also interesting and useful > projects :-)
I'm pretty focused on Lua for the summer project at the moment -- I think it's good since it's kind of self-contained. Compilation is a pretty nebulous topic, and one that I don't know much about. > One thing I should mention up front though -- it sounds like you've got > the chops, but as summer approaches, it would be nice to start seeing > some code. The GNU project might not be accepted by the Evil > Empi^H^H^HGoogle this year. Guile might get no positions. Guile might > get two positions. Who knows? But if this is what you'd like to do this > summer, your case (and that of anyone else who's interested) will be > made stronger with plans and code. Of course. What does the JS implementation need? I signed my FSF paperwork today, hopefully that will cover future contributions.