30 Jan
2003
30 Jan
'03
9:18 p.m.
[Graham Guttocks]
... I think such an effort would be well worth it.
Indeed, I spent the first 15 years of my computer career writing optimizing compilers for a living, and it's *so* worth it that in 10+ years of Python development, nobody has offered to pay me so much as an insignificant fraction of how much it's worth <0.5 wink>. These kinds of things get done by legions of grad students in search of a thesis, or by serious funding; they don't get done by part-time volunteers with demanding jobs.