Re: [Haskell-cafe] The end of an era, and the dawn of a new one

2012-12-06 Thread Ben Lippmeier
On 06/12/2012, at 3:56 , Simon Peyton-Jones wrote: > Particularly valuable are offers to take responsibility for a > particular area (eg the LLVM code generator, or the FFI). I'm > hoping that this sea change will prove to be quite empowering, > with GHC becoming more and more a community projec

Re: [Haskell-cafe] The end of an era, and the dawn of a new one

2012-12-05 Thread Johan Tibell
On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 12:37 PM, David Terei wrote: > I have always considered the LLVM code generator my responsibility and > will continue to do so. I don't seem to find the time to make > improvements to it but make sure to keep it bug free and working with > the latest LLVM releases. So if oth

[Haskell-cafe] The end of an era, and the dawn of a new one

2012-12-05 Thread Simon Peyton-Jones
Friends You'll have seen Simon Marlow's recent announcement (included below): | Today I'm announcing that I'm leaving Microsoft Research. Simon Marlow and I have worked together on GHC for nearly two decades. During much of that time we have shared a cup of coffee every morning (one cup each, si