interoperability/portabilizing for GHC.. Summer of Code?

[Isaac Dupree]

Simon Marlow wrote:
>> Do you think it's plausible to apply for this as haskell.org Summer of 
>> Code project (I'm a U.S. college student now, which explains why I've 
>> been too busy to work on GHC stuff, and in the fall) ; I don't know 
>> much about the process, and of course there's lots of competition, 
>> but, any advice?
> 
> Sure.  But if I'm honest, I'm not sure this would be a top priority for 
> the Haskell community (I could be wrong).  After all, GHC already works 
> on 99% of platforms, so we're only helping a few people here.  You'd 
> have to make a pretty strong case, and get plenty of support.  I'd be 
> happy to mentor if the project gets accepted.

okay, maybe I'll apply, and we can see if the side-effects of "makes GHC 
code a little nicer" and "provides a case study in that" carry any 
weight as plausible additional arguments :-)  Indeed, if other things 
win out for Haskell development this summer, they'll be important too.

thanks,
Isaac