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GSoc Proposals - some friendly advice
by Robert Ramey 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

I've been looking through the GSoc proposals with some bemusement. Most of the proposals are projects that will thake MUCH, MUCH more than a summer. I know "But I've almost got it working". I don't think that one can fullly appreciate the effort it takes to make a boost library. I know its very easy to get started. I'm here to tell you its very hard to finish. It's so much more than writing the code. Theres the tests, getting them to pass on all platforms, getting the design past the criticism an reveiws. So here's my advice. Pick something really small that you know you can finish in three months. If you finish too soon, we can give you something else to do. Robert Ramey

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[gsoc] PLEASE SUBMIT PROPOSALS NOW
by troy d. straszheim 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

Hi Students, This just in from the director of the GSOC, in an email with lots of asterisks and capital letters in the subject: > I realize that many organizations are working with students to refine > their proposal ideas on their mailing lists, wikis, etc. However, a > proposal on a wiki, mailing list, etc. does not constitute an actual > application for the program; the proposal must be submitted to the > GSoC 2009 site. While doing review and refinement outside of > http://socghop.appspot.com is a useful exercise, it doesn't allow us > to accurately gauge the number of student proposals we're receiving > for GSoC 2009. > > Please help us get an accurate sense of how many proposals will be > submitted for GSoC 2009 by asking your students to submit their > proposals to the GSoC 2009 site *now*. They are welcome to link to the > wiki page, mailing list thread, forum topic, etc. where their > proposals are under discussion and refinement as part of the proposal > submission process.[0] And the [0] refers to: http://socghop.appspot.com/document/show/program/google/gsoc2009/userguide#… Many of you have done a *great* job raising proposals, discussing and refining them. Please get some placeholder applications up asap, even if they aren't completely finished. I'm looking forward to seeing yet more good discussion and refinement of your proposals. Everybody keep up the good work. On behalf of the boost community, thanks for your enthusiasm. :) -t

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How to generate a Bernuolli number
by Barco You 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

Hi, I want to randomly generate a Bernuolli number [0, 1],with probability p ~[0 1]. How to do that with boost? Thanks! -- ------------------------------- Enjoy life! Barco You

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