Google Summer of Code 2016

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

On 1/15/16 6:58 AM, Craig Dillabaugh wrote:
> On Friday, 15 January 2016 at 10:02:14 UTC, Marc Schütz wrote:
>> On Friday, 15 January 2016 at 03:33:23 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>> A few quick ideas:
>>>
>>> * Bringing a parser generator library into phobos, either based on
>>> pegged or independent
>>>
>>> * SQL parser, binder, validator
>>>
>>> * Anything building on the strengths on D: introspection,
>>> compile-time stuff, DSL, etc.
>>>
>>> * Improving the GC
>>>
>>> * Theoretical work - core language semantics, proving immutable
>>> provides guarantees etc.
>>
>> * A flexible serialization framework in Phobos. std.csv could be
>> changed to use it, and vibe.d as well as various serialization related
>> libraries (e.g. Protocol Buffers, capnproto) would also benefit from
>> standardization here.
>
> What about Orange?  What is preventing it from becoming part of Phobos?
>
> https://github.com/jacob-carlborg/orange

I recall there has been one (or two?) unsuccessful attempts. -- Andrei