RE: What should I prepare for a PL PhD program

From	"Nuno Lopes" <nuno.lopes@tecnico.ulisboa.pt>
Newsgroups	comp.compilers
Subject	RE: What should I prepare for a PL PhD program
Date	2022-10-19 09:30 +0100
Organization	Compilers Central
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I think the best thing you can do to prepare is to search for a good
advisor. That's already a hard task in general, but in PL/compilers even
more so as there aren't that many out there.

PL is very broad, so I don't know exactly what you like, but I suggest you
start participating in an open-source project to learn how production code
is developed and to improve your own coding skills. At least the google
summer of code projects usually have mentors available to bootstrap
students.
Knowing really well how production code is developed is always a plus for
any PL researcher. Most students have no clue.

Good luck,
Nuno

-----Original Message-----
From: Tianbo Hao
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2022 7:53 AM
Subject: What should I prepare for a PL PhD program

I am self-studying compilers these days, and find it really interesting. I
would love to apply for a PhD's degree in PL, can anyone kindly give me some
suggestions for the preparation?

Best,
Tianbo

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What should I prepare for a PL PhD program Tianbo Hao <tianboh@alumni.cmu.edu> - 2022-10-18 14:52 +0800
  RE: What should I prepare for a PL PhD program "Nuno Lopes" <nuno.lopes@tecnico.ulisboa.pt> - 2022-10-19 09:30 +0100
    Re: What should I prepare for a PL PhD program Hans-Peter Diettrich <DrDiettrich1@netscape.net> - 2022-10-20 11:30 +0200
      Re: What should I prepare for a PL PhD program Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2022-10-21 03:37 +0000
        Re: What should I prepare for a PL PhD program Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2022-10-21 21:32 +0000
          Re: random debugging, What should I prepare for a PL PhD program gah4 <gah4@u.washington.edu> - 2022-10-21 16:56 -0700
            Re: random debugging, What should I prepare for a PL PhD program Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2022-10-22 08:49 +0000
              Re: random debugging, What should I prepare for a PL PhD program Hans-Peter Diettrich <DrDiettrich1@netscape.net> - 2022-10-23 01:27 +0200
                Re: random debugging, What should I prepare for a PL PhD program gah4 <gah4@u.washington.edu> - 2022-10-23 00:00 -0700
                Re: random debugging, What should I prepare for a PL PhD program Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2022-10-23 09:28 +0000
  Re: What should I prepare for a PL PhD program gah4 <gah4@u.washington.edu> - 2022-10-19 01:33 -0700
  Re: What should I prepare for a PL PhD program anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2022-10-20 07:33 +0000

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