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Missing Google Accounts
by Giovanni Corriga 02 Mar '07

02 Mar '07

Hi, the mentors list is still missing a couple of (required) Google accounts. Bryce, Todd: please add your accounts to the list. If you don't have one, you can create it at https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount . Giovanni

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Re: Project Ideas
by Giovanni Corriga 01 Mar '07

01 Mar '07

Il giorno mer, 28/02/2007 alle 19.55 +0100, Torsten Bergmann ha scritto: > Hi Giovanni, > > read your posting about project ideas for Squeak. > [SNIP] > But what about a Smalltalk implementation of IEEE 754 > numbers with the exact math (precision, rounding) like > Excel, OpenOffice and other spreadsheets. Could be a nice > project, good to test using SUnit and hopefully with > value for Squeak. > > If there is a library available with the precision > of spreadsheets this may help people choosing Squeak for > commercial systems... > > What do you think? Hi Torsten, sounds like a good idea. I'll add it to the project ideas list. Giovanni

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Status report: mentors, students, project ideas
by Giovanni Corriga 28 Feb '07

28 Feb '07

Hi all, a quick status report: Projects: we currently have 7 project ideas. I've sent a request on the Seaside mailing list for some Seaside-related ideas, and I've asked Andreas, Tim, and John for some Croquet- and VM-related ideas. Keith, if you want to propose a Pier related project, you should do that now. Likewise, if anyone else wishes to propose a project should speak now. I think we should aim for about 10/12 project ideas, covering a wide range of Squeak-related topics. Students: right now we have 8 students interested in partecipating, with possibly one more that still has to confirm. Mentors: we have 8 mentors (nine with me, in case a ninth student joins us). I'd like to have a couple more spare mentors, as defined here: http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code/wiki/AdviceforMentors , section "Allocating Resources". Any comments? Giovanni

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I could mentor an Exupery project if there's interest.
by bryce＠kampjes.demon.co.uk 28 Feb '07

28 Feb '07

I'm happy to mentor a student for either a ESUG or SoC project. The potential projects off the top of my head are: * Profiling and primitive writing * Floating point support * Fast 32 bit integers * A CPU port * A Mac port (John's done some work here, not sure what's remaining) Profiling and primitive writing would involve taking some macro benchmark, say a few crypto kernels, profiling them, figuring out what primitives need to be written to make them perform well, then writing the primitives. Fast 32 bit integers would be useful for crypto. Floating point support and fast 32 bit integers would involve refactoring the handling of arithmetic messages (+, -, /, and *) then writing basic Exupery primitives for them. Then adding a simple optimizer to remove the boxing and deboxing inside statements. The goal would be to allow: a := b + c + d + e. When run on floats or 32 bit integers to only create one object that is stored in a. Then to allow: a at: x put: (b at: x) + (c at: x) To not generate any objects where a, b, and c are float arrays or integer arrays and x is just a SmallInteger index. This should be possible just using type feedback, primitive inlining, and simple tree traversal optimization all of which exist in Exupery now but are not developed enough for this case. A CPU port or a Mac port would require someone with a great background, it should be possible for someone to do in that time frame however I don't see incremental delivery working here so it would require a student who we were confident could deliver the entire thing in the time frame. Bryce

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Squeak mainstream
by Keith Hodges 28 Feb '07

28 Feb '07

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Backup administrator(s)
by Giovanni Corriga 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

Hi, Google requires at least one backup administrator. I'll be the primary one (and I don't plan on disappearing ;-) ) I think the admin job will be light - basically, keeping an eye on mentors and students and enforcing deadlines. If anyone wants to volunteer for the job, he should please step up before March 5th. Giovanni

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Re: URGENT: Google Summer of Code 2007 - Help needed
by Giovanni Corriga 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

Il giorno ven, 23/02/2007 alle 08.40 -0800, Brian Rice ha scritto: > Hi Giovanni, > > This is to register my interest (after saying so on IRC) in being a > Mentor and helping formulate ideas for projects. Hi Brian, I've added you to the list of possible mentors, but I need to know your Google Account. If you have any ideas, you should propose them now. Giovanni

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Google Accounts
by Giovanni Corriga 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

Hi, It's required by Google that all partecipants in the SoC project have Google Accounts. This includes organizers, mentors and students. If you don't have one already, you can get one here: https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount . Please note that the Gmail account _is_ a valid Google Account. If you have a Google Account, please list it on the wiki page. Giovanni

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Ideas page
by Giovanni Corriga 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

Hi, I've created a separate page for SoC ideas: http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/5936 . Later I'll add all the ideas you've sent me, plus some more ideas we could have in the coming days. Giovanni

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Re: Ideas for Summertalk
by Giovanni Corriga 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

Il giorno sab, 24/02/2007 alle 16.46 +0100, stephane ducasse ha scritto: > Hi > > I do not know what is the strategy: may be we should try to register > as Squeakfoundation or ESUG. > Can you try both? I don't think I can try both - someone else will have to apply for ESUG. > For the topics, > - improving the compiler > - new generation of tools > - traits integration > - native widgets communication > > can be topics? Sure they can. Would you mind fleshing them out a little? Also, would you consider acting as a mentor? Ciao, Giovanni

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