[pypy-dev] Upcoming Sprint

[Carl Friedrich Bolz]

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