Robert Bradshaw wrote:
> On Aug 26, 2009, at 8:35 PM, Robert Bradshaw wrote:
> 
>> On Aug 26, 2009, at 11:23 AM, Dag Sverre Seljebotn wrote:
>>> On that note though: It seems to me that many has the impression that
>>>
>>> a) Cython is complicated technology which takes much work
>>> b) A lot of effort is put into steadily improving it
>>>
>>> BUT, I feel the reality is that
>>>
>>> a) Core developers can implement new features or fix bugs rather
>>> quickly
>>> b) Relatively little time is spent in total on Cython, compared to
>>> some
>>> other projects
>>>
>>> I don't mean to belittle the efforts Robert and Stefan and others  
>>> have
>>> put into Cython; I just feel that the amount of work going on in
>>> Cython
>>> is really less than people think it is.
>>>
>>> Or put another way: Putting relatively little in can, at least at  
>>> this
>>> point in Cython's development, yield high returns.
>> [...]
>>
>>> Thoughts on the picture I'm painting?
>> I think you've hit the nail on the head here.
>>
>> Personally, there are tons of things I'd love to do with Cython (many
>> of which you've listed), and I think it's headed in a very cool
>> direction, but what time I have is mostly going to higher-priority
>> tasks like work and school and 6 month old twin girls. (Also, for the
>> moment, as fun as hacking on Cython is, it unfortunately doesn't
>> directly contribute to thesis or job.) I'm confident that in the long
>> term (say, looking at the next year or maybe two)
> 
> 
> Oops. I didn't finish my sentence. I'm confident that that we can hit  
> most of the points on that feature list in the next year or two.

OK. You're more confident than I am then :-)

Anyway, I don't have much time between school and 12 month old girl 
either. I'm hoping to be able to put in about 2 hours a week the coming 
year after September...which is rather less than in the previous year. 
(Perhaps I should simply start by being less active on the mailing list.)

-- 
Dag Sverre
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