On 12 Jan 2015 at 19:37, Benedek Thaler wrote:
FWIW, I'd like to continue Boost.Pipeline, if it's possible. The main goal is to enable a coroutine/fiber based scheduling mechanism to ensure optimal latency while keeping throughput high.
I think the quality of your GSoC last year qualifies you as competent in C++, so you don't need to take any programming competency test this year to be preferentially ranked. I think Vicente would concur with me that you're considerably above the average GSoC candidate in programming ability. All you need is a mentor. Or, if you feel like mentoring another student in Pipeline this summer ...? I would though Benedek try to be flexible about your choice of project if you want to be sure to get a mentor (Vicente is already very overloaded every year). For example, a very attractive intermediate GSoC might be working on Boost.Fiber, specifically I am thinking some form of awareness of i/o in Fiber maybe. And Fiber ought to be up for its second review shortly, after which it enters Boost. From my short review of Fiber this week, it has very considerably improved over the review last year. Niall -- ned Productions Limited Consulting http://www.nedproductions.biz/ http://ie.linkedin.com/in/nialldouglas/