On 12 May 2016 at 17:25, degski <deg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 12 May 2016 at 18:08, 'Bill Hart' via mpir-devel < > mpir-devel@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> So far we have a couple of serious applicants for the six month position >> to replace Alex. I simply don't know if we will be lucky and hire someone >> with Windows development experience. >> > > If you are going to say that this is non of my business, I would agree > with you. What I would like to understand, though, is what the purpose is > of trying to beat GMP at what it is best at? *The purpose of MPIR was to > provide GMP on Windows.* You're saying that, yes I sell air-planes, but > I've got some really good truck-mechanics, so, because they are good at > making cars, I'll make them work notwithstanding... >
That may be so, but the grant we applied for is not for supporting Windows explicitly, it is for updating the support for modern CPU's in MPIR. Moreover, as I said, we have two serious candidates for the job. We don't have much option here. > > > degski > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "mpir-devel" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to mpir-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to mpir-devel@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mpir-devel. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mpir-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mpir-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to mpir-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mpir-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
