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@@ -60,3 +60,14 @@ There has already been some [earlier work on Python
bindings](http://www.sigill.org/files/pytrivfs-20060724-ro-test1.tar.bz2), that
perhaps can be re-used. Also some work on [Perl
bindings](http://www.nongnu.org/hurdextras/#pith) is availabled.
+
+Possible mentors: ?
+
+Exercise: Write some simple program(s) using Hurd-specific interfaces in the
+language you intend to work on. For a start, you could try printing the system
+uptime. A more advanced task is writing a simple variant of the hello
+translator (you can use the existing C imlementation as reference),
+implementing only open() and read() calls. Don't only write an implementations
+using the existing C libraries (libps, libtrivfs), but also try to work with
+the MiG-generated stubs directly. If you are ambitious, you could even try to
+write your own stubs...