I am deeply interested in writing scheme interpreter/front-end as a part of PyPy Google Summer of Code project.
As advised on GSoC site i decided to contact to this mailing list to discuss my application. ### begin ### ================================= PyPy Scheme interpreter/front-end ================================= == Intro == PyPy project's main part is not Python interpreter implementation, but its configurable translator. It provides a good way to avoid writing interpreter for every language and platform. More information: http://codespeak.net/pypy/dist/pypy/doc/architecture.html This project aims to write an interpreter for Scheme for the PyPy framework. Scheme as very interesting dynamic language is nice goal to implement in RPython and provide a translator. It's interesting from a academic point of view to see if call/cc can be implemented on top of the primitives the stackless transform provides. This can lead to possibility of implementing first-class continuations (similar to Scheme ones) in Python. == Project Details == Proposed features: I am aiming to implement almost complete Scheme implementation (according to r5rs specification) in RPython More details: * Complete scheme parser (read macro) in RPython including delayed evaluation and quasi-quotations and macros. * Object space for Scheme covering all Scheme data types. * Research on possibility of implementing call/cc continuations using primitives provided by stackless transform. == Project Schedule == I am able to spend 10 hours/week starting from May until the end of July (end of semester in Poland). During the summer I am able to spend 40 hours/week working on a project. By the end of July I would like to complete the parser, without macros, delayed evaluation and continuations. Then focus on Object space to provide semi functional translator/interpreter. Later I would go on with missing features (e.g call/cc on stackless). If all will go fine we will end up with complete Scheme front-end before mid September, although some restrictions are possible. == About Me == I am a third year student at Wroclaw University of Technology (Poland), Computer Science major. I am interested in meta programming and programming languages design. I have experience in both Lisp and Python languages, including some meta programming. I also am currently studying MIT Structure and Implementation of Computer Programs lectures and text book by Harold Abelson, Gerald J. Sussman and Julie Sussman. I wanted to participate in Google Summer of Code coding in Python or Lisp. This subject gives me opportunity to experiment with both of them. I wrote most of my academic projects in Python. I also am currently working in web application based on Django framework. I am participating in algorithmic contest as spoj.pl or opss.safo.biz writing some of my solutions in Common Lisp, discovering functional programming. I also am a active member (actually a chairman) of IT Academic Association (Akademickie Stowarzyszenie Informatyczne) at Wroclaw University of Technology. I also actively promote free and open software at my University, giving lectures about Xen hypervisor and Kernel-based VM, Vim 7 editor, Subversion and Django-project. Some informations about my work (in Polish): http://jamit.pl/wiki/ http://www.linuxacademy.wroc.pl/ http://www.asi.pwr.wroc.pl/ ### end ### I am looking forward for some feedback from mentors. Sincerely, Jakub Łukasz Gustak _______________________________________________ pypy-dev@codespeak.net http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/pypy-dev
