On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 7:35 PM David Malcolm <dmalc...@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 2021-04-11 at 17:06 +0530, Saloni Garg wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 11, 2021 at 12:14 AM David Malcolm <dmalc...@redhat.com> > > wrote: > > > > > On Sat, 2021-04-10 at 21:18 +0530, Saloni Garg wrote: > > > > On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 8:19 AM David Malcolm > > > > <dmalc...@redhat.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 2021-04-07 at 01:59 +0530, Saloni Garg wrote: > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > > > Looking at: > > > > > https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/SummerOfCode#Application > > > > > we don't have a specific format to be followed. > > > > > > > > > > That said, I saw this > > > > > > > > > > https://google.github.io/gsocguides/student/writing-a-proposal > > > > > which seems to have useful advice to prospective GSoC > > > > > students. In > > > > > particular, the "Elements of a Quality Proposal" lists various > > > > > things > > > > > that in your current draft are missing, and which would > > > > > strengthen > > > > > your > > > > > proposal. So I'd recommend that you (and other prospective > > > > > GSoC > > > > > candidates) have a look at that. > > > > > > > > > Added some new sections. Tried to explain them as well. There are > > > > some > > > > things I am not clear about, so explicitly mentioned them and > > > > will > > > > add the > > > > relevant explanations and present them in the later reports. > > > > Please > > > > let me > > > > know if this sounds good to you and provide feedback as well. > > > > > > The updated version looks a lot stronger. > > > > > Hi, Thanks for the quick feedback. > > > > > > > > That said, you haven't given details of your programming expertise > > > - in > > > particular this project will require proficiency with C++, so a > > > good > > > application would give evidence to the reader that you're already > > > up- > > > to-speed on writing and debugging C++ (see the "Biographical > > > Information" section in the guide I linked to above for more info). > > > > > Apologies, but I am a beginner in this area of compilers and static > > analysis. I already know some C++ coding which I have used mostly in > > Competitive coding competitions. I have been following this( > > https://www.cse.iitk.ac.in/users/karkare/Courses/cs618/) course to > > understand the nuances of the static analysis. I am confident that I > > can > > write the C++ code that is required here and know how to use tools > > like > > GDB, Valgrind to debug the C++ codes, > > Your proposal would benefit from including something like the above. > > We're not expecting Bjarne Stroustrup levels of competence in C++, > especially considering that you are all students - but we need some > ability in C++... which you may already have, it's hard for me to tell > as the current draft proposal is written. Part of the point of GSoC is > to learn, but to learn about the specifics of the FLOSS project you > apply to [1], rather than the implementation language. > Yes, I have added the details related to C++ in the document. > > > but I don't have any good projects to > > prove that right now. My college got stopped due to COVID-19 and > > hasn't > > started yet properly, so I have been trying to learn most of the > > things > > online only. > > I hope you understand. > > Indeed. > > > Hope this is helpful; good luck (the deadline to apply is fast > approaching) > Thanks, I have submitted the final proposal. Now switching on to the coding part. - Saloni > [...snip...]
