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Hi All,
If anyone is interested, MetaStock has created a formula primer in PDF
format that you can download or read online. The lanuage is similar to AFL
in many respects, and the underlying concept is about the same, so maybe
some people would find it helpful. Here is the link:
http://www.equis.com/Education/FormulaPrimer.aspx
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Yuki Taga" <yukitaga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "DIMITRIS TSOKAKIS" <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 3:53 AM
Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: ANNOUNCEMENT - PowerScan Beta 1.21 available
> 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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