Hi, I am the maintainer for the GCC Rust project and feel free to ask questions and join our zulip server I can help mentor you on some work if you want to gain experience.
You will need to get proficient with C++ so I think spending time getting used to writing C++ would be a great thing to do in the meantime as well. Thanks --Phil On Wed, 10 Feb 2021 at 12:25, Martin Jambor <mjam...@suse.cz> wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Feb 10 2021, oilab kowaski via Gcc wrote: > > Hi! I am very interested in parsers and compilers. I would be very happy > to > > participating in the development of GNU Rust compiler by applying to the > > Google Summer of Code. But I am 17 years old and I do not satisfy the > > requirements of the GSoC. What would you suggest me to do? > > I am afraid that means that there is no way for you to be paid this > year, at least not by Google. > > That does not mean you cannot pursue your interest in parsers and > compilers with us though. Look at the gcc-rust repo (currently on > github), contact the authors and see if you can contribute to the effort > informally. I am sure they will appreciate any help. > > I am also sure that there will be work to be done on the Rust-gcc front > end for years to come, so if you become a contributor this year, you > will be in a prime position to become our GSoC student next year. > > I understand that the financial renumeration is an important incentive > to participate in GSoC but I am afraid we cannot offer any more help, > Google will not change their rules for us. > > Martin >
