Karl Forner schrieb:
Hi all,
I'd really like to try helping developing Perl6 and Parrot, I subscribed to
the mailing-list, read some docs, got and compiled
parrot via svn (in a vmware-played ubuntu ;-) ).
Welcome Karl.
But it is not obvious to see where to begin, and where I can be useful.
My main objective is to have a fast, reliable and with good threading
support interpreter.
I have written a lot of perl code (APIs, scripts, CGIs, applications,
Inline::C), I can program and optimize in C,
and I have a good understanding of algorithmics.
Where you want to contribute mostly depends on your interests.
The obvious starting points are the documentation and the testing.
I suppose that there is a fair amount of obsolete or incorrect info in
the docs.
Try to understand the docs and put your fingers in the sore places.
Ask the questions that are not answered.
As you are interested in threading, try to improve the test coverage of
threads testing.
There is quite a number of abondoned language projects. If you are
interested in
language implementation, don't be shy and pick one up.
I give you 'm4' if you are interested.
Another starting point are the PMCs. Find the edge cases where they break.
A good place to hang out is #parrot at irc.pobox.com.
P.S
I suppose that I'm not the only one willing to help facing this difficulty.
Maybe a tutorial or a FAQ could attract more contributors ?
Yes.
Hoping that this helps,
Bernhard
