>> 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?
That's always a difficult question to answer precisely... at this point I am hoping to finish in about a year, but time will tell. >> 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: Great! > http://codespeak.net/pypy/extradoc/sprintinfo/leysin-winter-2009/people.txt Done! >> 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. Makes sense. Niko _______________________________________________ [email protected] http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/pypy-dev
