Perl 5 Optimizing Compiler, Part 15: RPerl v1.2 Kickstarter Now Live
Greetings, Perl Lovers!
I am proud to announce the launch of our next Kickstarter campaign.
We immediately reached our minimum of $1,701; now our goal is to reach $20K in the next 9 days. We can do it... WITH YOUR HELP!
STEP 1: Make a generous pledge.
STEP 2: Get your friends to match your pledge.
STEP 3: Get your boss to double your pledge.
STEP 4: Go back and increase your pledge.
STEP 5: PERL WILL BE THE FASTEST LANGUAGE EVER.
Thanks so much for your continued support of RPerl!
Perling,
~ Will the Chill
I blog about RPerl.
How does this overlap with the TPF grant requests? are they they same project?
http://news.perlfoundation.org/2015/09/september-2015-grant-proposals-1.html
Ms. Etheridge,
Thank you for your interest in RPerl!
To answer your question, the TPF grant requests are different than the Kickstarter.
Specifically, there are 3 places that may be confusing:
1. Operators
The Kickstarter page states it will be used to implement "Different Operators Than TPF Grant Proposal If Approved". There are tons of operators in Perl 5, more than enough to fill a dozen grant requests. No double-dipping (paid twice for one job) occurs.
2. Benchmarks
The Kickstarter page states it will be used to implement a "Different Benchmark Than TPF Grant Proposal If Approved". There are about 15 benchmark algorithms listed on the Alioth website, again more than enough for a dozen grant requests. No double-dipping occurs.
3. Medium-Magic Support
If we reach $75K on Kickstarter, then I will be personally funded to work on the many different aspects of supporting medium-magic code. One sub-component of this would be the medium-magic grammar, as described in the TPF grant proposal by Paul Bennett. It is very, very unlikely we will reach $75K this round on Kickstarter, but even if we do then that money would go to me, whereas the TPF money would go to Paul Bennett, so you would have 2 guys working in cooperation to complete the software instead of just 1. No double-dipping occurs.
Does that satisfactorily answer your question?
Thanks,
~ Will