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Yuki,
Instead of discussing about algorithms till the end of the year, let
us do something more creative : Let us introduce, in this page,
the "algorithm of the day" : You, or anybody else, will ask the
question and I will try to answer the algorithm.
You will not pay anything for questions.
I will charge the replies.
The cost will be unusual: you should ask for the next algorithm !
Someday, you have the right to win a free of charge algorithm [make
your calculations and arrange to be the last one...]
After the experience of the first 20 algorithms, we may collect them
separately somewhere and, perhaps, make an interesting reference.
I would enjoy it,indeed.
If you agree, let us do it right now !!
Dimitris Tsokakis
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Yuki Taga <yukitaga@xxxx> wrote:
> Hi DT,
>
> Tuesday, June 3, 2003, 8:51:50 PM, you wrote:
>
> DT> I still believe that AFL should reach directly the average user.
>
> I agree, and I think TJ would too, because that is certainly where
> the bulk of the market is.
>
> So, how does this happen? Maybe I'm a good person to make a
> suggestion here, because perhaps I typify the "average user" in many
> respects.
>
> I am a non-programmer. I think most people are non-programmers (at
> least, people who are not natives of India). ^^_^^ For me, there
> are two difficulties. First, coming up with the algorithm that will
> do what I want is not easy at all for me. Some good examples of how
> to do this would be appreciated by the many non-programmer types out
> there, I'm sure. It takes a good deal of time and energy to get
into
> this mode of thinking. Some short course would be helpful. Once I
> have the algorithm (and this is often *more* than half the battle),
I
> have to translate that to AFL. Sometimes, the former is much harder
> than the latter, although when you really get complex the latter is
> no picnic either.
>
> So, to reach the "average user", I think some good explanations of
> how to approach finding the right algorithm are in order, full of
> easy to understand examples that get progressively more complex.
Then
> an explanation of how to go from algorithm to AFL is in order.
>
> A lot of programmers try and teach the language before they have
> taught algorithm solving. That's because to them finding the
> algorithm is rather automatic. Years and years of practice and
> thinking that way have made it rather automatic. But to
> non-programmers unused to finding algorithms to solve problems, this
> is often the most difficult step. You want to learn the language,
of
> course. But until you know how to come up with good algorithms, the
> language alone won't do you much good.
>
> My experiences traveling down this troublesome highway, anyway.
>
> Best,
>
> Yuki
>
> P.S. I think this is what is most difficult about "Help files".
> Mostly, they are written by programmers, and they assume you know
way
> too much. ^_-
>
> I think a lot of people ask for help not so much because they can't
> master the language, but because they can't come up with the
> algorithm that will do what they want to do. Maybe I'm wrong, but
> that is my personal experience and take on this.
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