Re: [boost] [SoC] multi precision arithmetic library, mentoring request

From: Tobias Schwinger (tschwinger_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-05-09 06:24:32

Tobias Schwinger wrote:
> Hi Mateusz & Boost community / moderators,
> 
> Mateusz Rukowicz wrote:
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>I would like to participate in summer of code 2006. I was very surprised 
>>that boost doesn't have multi precision arithmetic, and since I'm quite 
>>algorithm/C++ concerned, I wish to propose/make it as a SoC project. 
> 
> 
> I did some work in this area which I was planning to eventually boostify some day. 
> In fact, I thought about SoC participation with this very project but decided that it would be too much for my schedule.
> 
> Since I put a lot of thought into the design, I hereby volunteer to (maybe co-)mentor this project. 
> 

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Mateusz Rukowicz wrote:
> Tobias Schwinger wrote:
>> Tobias Schwinger wrote:
>>
>>> Mateusz Rukowicz wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> A couple of days ago, I posted ond boost mail-list proposal of arbitrary 
>>>> arithmetic lib. You wrote that you would like to mentor this project, I 
>>>> have a few questions regarding that. First - I would like to say in my 
>>>> application that you would mentor this project - are you ok with that? 
>>>
>>> You're talking about the application to Google, right?
>>> Fine with me -- but AFAIK it still needs a blessing from the Boost moderators.
>>>
>>> Feel free to forward this mail to the list/mods.
>>
>> On second thought: probably /I/ should... Mind if I do?
>>
> Well, I think that if I'll mention that you said you would like to
> mentor this in my soc application, they would consider that, and contact
> you. It also might be good idea to post it on boost mailing-list. 

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