Re: What should I prepare for a PL PhD program

Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de>
Fri, 21 Oct 2022 21:32:06 -0000 (UTC)

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From: Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de>
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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2022 21:32:06 -0000 (UTC)
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Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> schrieb:
> On Thu, 20 Oct 2022 11:30:40 +0200
> Hans-Peter Diettrich <DrDiettrich1@netscape.net> wrote:
>> On 10/19/22 10:30 AM, Nuno Lopes wrote:
>>
>> > PL is very broad, so I don't know exactly what you like, but I suggest you
>> > start participating in an open-source project to learn how production code
>> > is developed and to improve your own coding skills.
>>
>> Open source projects often direct newbies to their to-do list. That's
>> the "hall of shame" with problems beyond the skills or knowledge of the
>> "core" developers.
>
> First , participating in an open source project doesn't mean that one waits
> to be "directed". They can simply notice a bug and send a fix or add some new
> functionality. Second , issues on the todo list may be stuff that core
> developers don't know how to do or it may be stuff that they haven't got
> around to doing. In my experience it is almost always the latter.


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