On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 6:37 PM, George Papanikolaou <g3orge....@gmail.com> wrote: > First of all thanks for answering, yes I'll pop on IRC soon. > My thesis will be for an undergraduate degree > (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer%27s_degree#Greece) so I guess I can go > for an engineering project more than a research-y one. How hard would > implementing the 3.0 spec be? It sounds tedious but pretty standard. I'll get > started right away with your advice in order to get familiar with the VM, the > environment and coding nuisances in general.
Important stuff todo, and not tedious at all. Python 3.3 introduced the `yield from` construct and other changes in generator semantics. The asyncio library depends on them and many Pypy users would love to use it. Cheers, Luciano > > Regards, > George > > On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 11:57 AM, Richard Plangger <planri...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> Hi there, >> >> I finished my thesis recently implementing a vectorizing optimization. >> So I guess it is feasible :). My advice would be to build the VM and >> make some baby steps in the test environment. This might sound weird, >> but the development is very different to what you do at university (at >> least in austria) and also very different to most projects I know. >> >> I think there are many possible ways you could improve PyPy. It is hard >> to give some advice on exactly what you should implement. After all you >> need to be motivated until you finish your thesis. >> It would probably be better to think about a topic (VM X does Y), see if >> PyPy implemented Y (you can of course ask us, it is hard to get around >> in such a big project in the beginning), (if not) reflect if it gives >> any benefit for the VM and then implement it. >> >> Here is a list of potential projects (might get you started): >> http://pypy.readthedocs.org/en/latest/project-ideas.html >> What really would help PyPy (might be more engineering than a >> 'researchy' topic) is to implement the Python 3 spec (e.g. 3.3,3.4,3.5). >> You can also join IRC and we will see if we can help to choose a topic. >> >> Cheers, >> Richard >> >> On 10/30/2015 06:46 PM, George Papanikolaou wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I'm a CS student at the University of Patras in Greece, and I'm really >>> interested in doing my thesis on programming language theory, compilers JIT >>> optimization etc. I find your project really interesting and I'd like you to >>> advice me if there is any potential for my thesis here. A contribution >>> maybe. >>> Is it feasible? >>> >>> Thanks in advance for all answers and considerations, >>> George >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> pypy-dev mailing list >> pypy-dev@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pypy-dev > > > > -- > George 'papanikge' Papanikolaou > http://www.5slingshots.com/ > _______________________________________________ > pypy-dev mailing list > pypy-dev@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pypy-dev -- Luciano Ramalho | Author of Fluent Python (O'Reilly, 2015) | http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920032519.do | Professor em: http://python.pro.br | Twitter: @ramalhoorg _______________________________________________ pypy-dev mailing list pypy-dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pypy-dev
