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Re: Inquiry about GCC Summer Of Code project idea.
- From: Samuel Thibault <samuel dot thibault at gnu dot org>
- To: Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>
- Cc: Fotis Koutoulakis <fotis dot koutoulakis at gmail dot com>, GCC Development <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>, bug-hurd at gnu dot org
- Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:21:48 +0100
- Subject: Re: Inquiry about GCC Summer Of Code project idea.
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Ian Lance Taylor, le Mon 25 Mar 2013 08:22:15 -0700, a écrit :
> > - What would be a skill level estimate for someone wishing to try this
> > project in an attempt to get his feet wet in compiler engineering?
>
> Unfortunately it's hard for me to judge. The most important skill
> would be the ability to dig into some large code bases and understand
> how to change them.
Agreed. I don't think there would be much about compiler engineering
actually, but rather about runtime and system calls.
Samuel