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[DotGNU]Re-starting pnetlib development


From: Rhys Weatherley
Subject: [DotGNU]Re-starting pnetlib development
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 08:29:27 +1000

I've noticed that pnetlib development has fallen off a little
bit in recent months.  We need to get the ball rolling again,
and here's why:

    grep TODO *.cs  ==>  825

I realise that things like DotGNU.Base, libxml2, and stuff are
a little more interesting, but we cannot shirk our responsibility
to build the basic ECMA stuff.  I can't do it all on my own.
I'm flat-out on pnet, without having to do pnetlib as well.

I've noticed that quite a number of people here and on IRC have
assumed that developing pnetlib must be hard.  It isn't.  The bulk
of the heavy-lifting has been done.  You don't have to be an
expert in compilers and runtimes to write a number formatting
routine, for example.  Basic C#/Java skills and a little
determination are all that are required.

So, I'd like to urge everyone to pick a class and start knocking
off some of those TODO's.  If you've contributed code to pnetlib
in the past, then I'd like you to go back and fill in any TODO
items that you left behind on the first pass.

Cheers,

Rhys.


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