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Pypy wants you - now's the time to start contributing to Pypy

#1

Post by djipko » Fri, Jan 21, 2011, 2:46 PM UTC

Pypy wants you - now's the time to start contributing to Pypy
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Post by gawker » Fri, Jan 21, 2011, 3:05 PM UTC

I'd love to contribute (been looking for a Python project to contribute all this while) but I'm fairly new and haven't much a clue. I guess the best way to start is to get the project and play around with it but I was hoping if you have any advice?

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Post by djipko » Fri, Jan 21, 2011, 3:16 PM UTC

gawker wrote: post #2

I'd love to contribute (been looking for a Python project to contribute all this while) but I'm fairly new and haven't much a clue. I guess the best way to start is to get the project and play around with it but I was hoping if you have any advice?

This is exactly why this thing caught my eye. And this is not just a python project, but an interpreter for the language, so should give you a great experience with the language itself.

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Post by agentultra » Fri, Jan 21, 2011, 3:54 PM UTC

I've tried finding something to nibble on in PyPy for a while. I'll definitely give this a look-see over the weekend.

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Post by kingkilr » Fri, Jan 21, 2011, 4:55 PM UTC

gawker wrote: post #2

I'd love to contribute (been looking for a Python project to contribute all this while) but I'm fairly new and haven't much a clue. I guess the best way to start is to get the project and play around with it but I was hoping if you have any advice?

Jump into #pypy on freenode, we're mostly working on getting our 2.7 implementation passing all tests (we merged that branch into defaul this week), so there are various tasks in: fixing our implementation of stdlib modules, interpreter level fixes, new methods on builtin types, and other sorts of things!

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Post by carlosedp » Fri, Jan 21, 2011, 5:49 PM UTC

It would be great to have the JIT and Stackless features together.

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#7

Post by baltcode » Fri, Jan 21, 2011, 5:54 PM UTC

Does this also entail developing the rpython translator/compiler? Statically typed python is something I'm really interested in.

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#8

Post by marquis » Fri, Jan 21, 2011, 6:23 PM UTC

I clicked away when I saw the logo of Uncle Sam - that image references both a call to war and a US bias. Just wanted to point out my response, but other than that good luck with the project.

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Post by PureSin » Fri, Jan 21, 2011, 6:35 PM UTC

kingkilr wrote: post #5

gawker wrote: post #2

I'd love to contribute (been looking for a Python project to contribute all this while) but I'm fairly new and haven't much a clue. I guess the best way to start is to get the project and play around with it but I was hoping if you have any advice?

Jump into #pypy on freenode, we're mostly working on getting our 2.7 implementation passing all tests (we merged that branch into defaul this week), so there are various tasks in: fixing our implementation of stdlib modules, interpreter level fixes, new methods on builtin types, and other sorts of things!

read through some of the wiki. Guess I'll jump into the irc channel this weekend and ask questions as I go? Will people assign specific test/task to me or do I just pick a few?

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Post by vietor » Fri, Jan 21, 2011, 9:10 PM UTC

marquis wrote: post #8

I clicked away when I saw the logo of Uncle Sam - that image references both a call to war and a US bias. Just wanted to point out my response, but other than that good luck with the project.

> and a US bias

If you'd stuck around you might have noticed that the project is, essentially, European. The main contributers all live there, they receive funding through Eurostars, and I don't remember any of their gatherings/sprints being held outside of Europe.

In the future you might want to watch that knee-jerk reaction, it can put your foot right in your mouth.

Given the history and imagery of "Uncle Sam", it becoming the equivalent of a genericized trademark cracks me up and makes me marvel at the longevity of a well crafted marketing shtick.