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diff --git a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/language_bindings.mdwn b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/language_bindings.mdwn index 51defe54..8b86effd 100644 --- a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/language_bindings.mdwn +++ b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/language_bindings.mdwn @@ -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... |