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I'd love to see a Kickstarter project for this so that author can be funded and complete the implementation.

fijal 14y ago
From Kickstarter FAQ: To be eligible to start a Kickstarter project, you need to satisfy the requirements of Amazon Payments: —You are 18 years of age or older. —You are a permanent US resident with a Social Security Number (or EIN). —You have a US address, US bank account, and US state-issued ID (driver’s license). —You have a major US credit or debit card. So it's a big no-no for a lot of people who happen not to be residents of the US, like me.
- marcog1 14y ago
  http://www.quora.com/What-Kickstarter-alternatives-exist-for-non-US-residents http://www.quora.com/What-Kickstarter-alternatives-exist-for... Not sure if any of these are worth looking into. You definitely lose out on the brand weight that comes with kickstarter.
- dbaupp 14y ago
  I have no idea on the details; but is there a member of the PyPy project (or of the Hippy VM project) who does satisfy those requirements, and who you can arrange to proxy the funds through?
  - lucian1900 14y ago
    That sort of setup might be considered fraud by Kickstarter, or their financial services.
    - dbaupp 14y ago
      The "arrange" was meant to mean: arrange so that it is completely legal & not considered fraud (etc). I have literally no idea if this is possible though.
sp332 14y ago
Since the results are so dramatic, either Facebook will continue to fund him, or they will have an internal team finish it (and probably release it as open-source like they did with their other PHP tools).
- fijal 14y ago
  As an author I can say that either of this is unlikely to happen. Facebook invested a lot of time and effort in their homegrown solution and note that this one is incomplete. It's absolutely not my call to say whether making hippy complete is easier than making hiphop fast. I can provide you estimates on the former, if requested, I cannot potentially provide estimates on the latter.

fijal 14y ago

From Kickstarter FAQ: To be eligible to start a Kickstarter project, you need to satisfy the requirements of Amazon Payments: —You are 18 years of age or older. —You are a permanent US resident with a Social Security Number (or EIN). —You have a US address, US bank account, and US state-issued ID (driver’s license). —You have a major US credit or debit card. So it's a big no-no for a lot of people who happen not to be residents of the US, like me.

marcog1 14y ago
http://www.quora.com/What-Kickstarter-alternatives-exist-for-non-US-residents http://www.quora.com/What-Kickstarter-alternatives-exist-for... Not sure if any of these are worth looking into. You definitely lose out on the brand weight that comes with kickstarter.
dbaupp 14y ago
I have no idea on the details; but is there a member of the PyPy project (or of the Hippy VM project) who does satisfy those requirements, and who you can arrange to proxy the funds through?
- lucian1900 14y ago
  That sort of setup might be considered fraud by Kickstarter, or their financial services.
  - dbaupp 14y ago
    The "arrange" was meant to mean: arrange so that it is completely legal & not considered fraud (etc). I have literally no idea if this is possible though.

sp332 14y ago

Since the results are so dramatic, either Facebook will continue to fund him, or they will have an internal team finish it (and probably release it as open-source like they did with their other PHP tools).

fijal 14y ago
As an author I can say that either of this is unlikely to happen. Facebook invested a lot of time and effort in their homegrown solution and note that this one is incomplete. It's absolutely not my call to say whether making hippy complete is easier than making hiphop fast. I can provide you estimates on the former, if requested, I cannot potentially provide estimates on the latter.