Google Summer of Code 2011 application

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On 03/09/2011 01:21 AM, Jens Mueller wrote:
> %u wrote:
>>> I just submitted an application for GSoC 2011 on behalf of Digital
>> Mars. Please review and contribute to the project ideas page:
>>> http://prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?GSOC_2011_Ideas
>>> Thanks,
>>> Andrei
>>
>> Uh... how helping fix compiler bugs? Could we help with that? I feel
>> that's *much* more important than benchmarking, for instance, since it
>> doesn't make sense to benchmark something if it has bugs. :\
>
> I have the same feeling. I'd like to see such projects. But I believe
> students are more likely to pick feature-oriented projects. The stuff
> that sounds cool. Compare: I implemented a Garbage Collector for D that
> improved performance dramatically vs. I fixed bugs in the compiler.
> I do not think that fixing bugs is less demanding. Actually I do believe
> it's more difficult and it is fun. You know the feeling, when you
> finally understand what's the cause of the problem and when you know how
> to fix it properly.
> Do you have an idea for packaging fixing bugs in a way that makes it
> look more interesting?

The real issue, I guess, is that fixing bugs (efficiently) require getting an 
intimate knowledge of the app.

Denis
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