Respected sir<br><div class="gmail_quote"><br>I went through the specifications of " QueryParser Reimplementation" project.<br>As I am currently doing a course on programming languages, so I understand the <br>
low level functioning of a parser.<br>
<br>With the background I have in this field I am fully comfortable with this project.<br>I have also went through the source code of the current parser implementation.<br><br>I have some doubts :<br><br>1) Why is using the tools like yacc, bison not a good approach? Can you illustrate with an example?<br>
<br>2) In the proposed project are we NOT going to use any tools like YACC etc.?<br><br>Meanwhile I am working on my proposal and plan to get my first draft ready within next 24 hours.<br>Should I mail my proposal to the mailing list or just submit it at google SOC site? Because certainly I would require your <br>
comments to improve upon the first draft.<br><br>Thanks<br><font color="#888888"><br>Saurabh Kumar</font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Olly Betts <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:olly@survex.com" target="_blank">olly@survex.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">We're trying to keep GSoC traffic on xapian-devel, unless it is actively<br>
seeking feedback from the wider community of users. We're let them know<br>
they can subscribe to xapian-devel to follow the action, but this way<br>
they aren't forced to get all the email about GSoC.<br>
<br>
So I'm replying to xapian-devel - please keep replies there.<br>
<div><br>
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 08:26:18PM +0530, saurabh kumar wrote:<br>
> I am interested and would love to work on the following projects:<br>
><br>
> - QueryParser Reimplementation<br>
> - Improve Spelling Correction<br>
</div>> [...]<br>
<div>> In fact I have worked on programming problems similar to both these projects.<br>
<br>
</div>If you really have no preference, you brief summary of your experience<br>
sounds more in line with the QueryParser proposal, but don't be put<br>
off applying for the other if that appeals more.<br>
<div><br>
> I would be grateful if you could provide me with further details on<br>
> the above-mentioned project and help me in writing the proposal<br>
<br>
</div>Did you read the linked to resource on the ideas page? These give you<br>
further details for each of the ideas. If you have any specific<br>
questions after reviewing that information, do let us know.<br>
<br>
There are links to resources for helping you write a good proposal<br>
here:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://trac.xapian.org/wiki/GSoCApplicationTemplate" target="_blank">http://trac.xapian.org/wiki/GSoCApplicationTemplate</a><br>
<br>
Once you have a reasonable version together, you can submit it in<br>
melange and we can comment on it. You can submit updated versions up<br>
until the submission deadline.<br>
<div><br>
> and comment on the chances of these projects being selected by Google.<br>
<br>
</div>Google don't select the projects - they allocate us a number of slots<br>
and we choose that many proposals.<br>
<br>
We're really looking for compelling applications. If you submit an<br>
application we just can't turn down, then that's one we'll go for.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<font color="#888888"> Olly<br>
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