Hey all, Sorry to be a bit tardy-to-the-GSOC-party, but it got pretty busy up here this week. Anywho, I read on the wiki that it'd probably be a good idea to introduce myself here, so I figured I'd give it a shot.
My name is Kyle Sammons and I'm (technically) a Junior in the Computer Information Science degree program at the University of Oregon, and am going for a minor in Applied Mathematics as well. I have around 6 years of personal programming experience, but no professional programming experience (yet!). I'm well versed in the Python, C, and D programming languages, though I've fiddled with several others and am learning Haskell in my spare time. As for why I want to be a part of GSOC with Mac Ports; I've always found porting applications from one operating system to another pretty cool. So when I got a Mac computer, I was really interested in the Mac Ports project. Unfortunately, I haven't personally used the program, as a friend convinced me to use homebrew at the last second. However, when I saw that this was a GSOC project for this year, I just had to jump at the opportunity. I've looked over the list of ideas and came up with an idea for a project that is a bit of a hodgepodge of ideas from the wiki that all seemed like they'd go well together, with a bit of my own spin on it. I'm hoping to talk it over with a mentor, or someone who's more knowledgeable about this than me, so I can really solidify this plan before I officially submit it. Alrighty, I believe that should cover it all. I'll make sure to hop onto IRC soon (though I've already informally introduced myself there), and hopefully I'll see some of you there! :) -Kyle Sammons GitHub: https://github.com/centip3de IRC Nick: Hobbes
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