Re: start-up seeks development team members

[David.Ungar@Eng.Sun.COM (David Ungar)]

Not a bad idea...would you be willing to pare Dylan way way down?
I suspect the language is much too big to deliver
effectively on the promises made in the Web page blurb.


At 8:02 AM 6/30/96, Carlo Walentiny wrote:
>...reflective systems...dynamic compilation(RTCG)...persistent object
>stores... 3D graphics...user interface design...program visualization
>...open implementation...(C++) compiler design...code generation...
>intermediate representations...Fresco...Interviews...Oberon...object-
>oriented design...meta programming...virtual reality...OpenGL
>...state-of-the-art programming environments...Self 4.0...Gwydion...
>
>                Do any of these topics interest you?
>
>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>              START-UP SEEKS DEVELOPMENT TEAM MEMBERS
>
>              Location:       Luxembourg
>              Starting date:  1 September (negotiable)
>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>Here is an opportunity to join a Luxembourg-based start-up
>and take part in the development of a product which will set
>a new standard for interactive programming environments.
>
>To get an idea of the kind of benefits this product will
>provide, please read
>
>    http://legend.gwydion.cs.cmu.edu/gwydion/gwydion-overview.html
>
>(and maybe also browse through http://self.sunlabs.com).
>
>If you think topping Gwydion's desirable goals, and doing this for
>C++ (which is rather more widely used than Dylan), sounds like a
>commercially and intellectually interesting idea, you might
>want to read on.
>
>
>Applicants must fulfill the following five requirements:
>
>        - have a good sense of humour;
>
>        - be intelligent;
>
>        - be fluent in C/C++;
>
>        - be willing to move to Luxembourg for at least a year;
>
>        - (unfortunately) be a citizen of the EU (since otherwise
>          you will not be allowed to work in Luxembourg).
>
>Successful applicants will be offered an OK salary, as well as
>some equity. Above all, you will participate in a demanding, exciting
>and stimulating project, which offers you the possibility to work
>in the following areas:
>
>        - reflective systems, meta programming, open implementation;
>
>        - (C++) compilers (and the C++ standard), intermediate
>        representations, retargetable (binary) code generation,
>        dynamic compilation, implementations of Smalltalk and
>        Self, VCODE, (incremental and interactive) programming
>        environments design (Mjolner/Orm,...), ...;
>
>        - 3D graphics, OpenGL, user interface design,
>        virtual reality, direct manipulation, portable graphics
>        libraries, Fresco, Interviews, constraint systems,
>        software visualization, ...;
>
>        - persistent object stores, pointer swizzling,
>        Texas, Mneme, ... .
>
>
>The more you are interested in and/or know about one or several of
>the above areas, the better.
>
>Whether you are about to graduate, writing up your PhD, or already
>have work experience, I look forward to hearing from you.
>
>
>Carlo Walentiny

-- Dave