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 _______________________________________________ Cython-dev mailing list [email protected] http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/cython-dev
