Hi Niko, Niko Matsakis wrote: > Due to the enormous time demands on my PhD, I've been out of touch > lately! I follow from the blog though :) and it seems like you guys > have been doing great work.
When do you plan to finish the PhD? > I am hoping to attend the sprint in Leysin. I would be able to come > from the 14th until the 19th (I have to be back on the 20th, so I > figure I'd leave 19th in the afternoon/evening). I'd have no problem > sharing a room, though I'm not sure if the fact that I can't stay for > the full sprint would be an issue. I wouldn't mind sharing a room with you and having to pay more for the remaining days (and having a bit of quiet), since the uni is paying anyway. Could you add yourself to this file: http://codespeak.net/pypy/extradoc/sprintinfo/leysin-winter-2009/people.txt > As for something to work on: besides hacking on whatever you guys > think is important, I was considering porting one of my thesis ideas > to Python. It has to do with an alternate means of specifying > parallel programs (sort of a mix between threads and futures). Right > now it exists in slightly different forms as both a Java and Python > library (sorry, no web page), but I thought that by integrating it > into the interpreter I might be able to do more, such as dynamic race > detection. My concern is that because this is an experimental > research topic, it doesn't really help with the goal of preparing the > interpreter for general use. If it's not an appropriate topic for the > sprint, then a compromise might be any tasks that would help me to > learn about the interpreter so I can see better how to add my changes. Yes, the general focus of the sprint is the release (and I am sure there is work in that area that will help you learn about the interpreter). However, I guess that some experimental work on the side is fine, as long as it doesn't take up the full week. Cheers, Carl Friedrich _______________________________________________ [email protected] http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/pypy-dev
