Expressing my interest in contributing to the "Rust Front-End" proposal at GSoC 2026

[Arthur Cohen]

Hi Fisnik, Martin,

Apologies for not answering earlier - the past few weeks have been a bit 
crazy. As Martin said, our primary mode of communication is the Zulip 
groupchat linked below, but we can also communicate via email if you prefer.

To get started on contributing, I think you are on the right track! 
Getting the project to build and running tests is difficult for a first 
timer, so well done. I would suggest picking an issue tagged with the 
`good-first-pr` label, and trying to work on it and submitting a PR. I'm 
available for helping you get around the codebase and figure out what 
changes are needed.

Hope you have a good time working on the project :)

Best,

Arthur

On 3/4/26 8:15 PM, Martin Jambor wrote:
> Hello Fisnik,
> 
> On Sun, Feb 22 2026, Fisnik Hasani wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> My name is *Fisnik* and I am a programmer and recent graduate with a
>> B.Sc. in CS who lives in Sweden. I enjoy programming occasionally when I
>> find something tough to work on—that is intellectually and mentally
>> stimulating for hours. I also aggressively apply a rule that says “Never
>> leave your keyboard till the code works!”
> 
> please be careful.  Sleep deprivation can have serious consequences.
> Unless you can sleep at your keyboard, of course.
> 
>>
>> I have stumbled upon *GSoC* for 2026 and I am really curious and truly
>> want to be part of this years *GSoC* programming, and contribute my part
>> to the Open-Source community. I am proficient in C++ and up with most of
>> the latest language changes. I also have intermediate level of C
>> programming.
>>
>> I read through the GCC for GSoC (https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/SummerOfCode)
>> for this year. I am interested in the Rust Front-End project, and read
>> the information regarding it and what is needed to be implemented and
>> solved.
> 
> Please note that Rust GCC projects are a bit special in the sense that
> they are often discussed primarily on Zulip of the GCC-Rust team:
> 
> https://gcc-rust.zulipchat.com/
> 
> So you may want to reach out to the GCC-Rust community primarily there.
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> Martin