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Brian,
I agree with Paul on this one. Tomasz can do whatever he wants, of
course. But reading between the lines of some of the comments he's
made over the years, he has a very specific vision for AB, and I'd be
amazed if writing a book would form part of that.
Second, you usually make a lot of sense with your comments, but "take
a sabbatical" . . . ? You must be kidding me. Again, TJ can do
whatever he wants to do with AB. However, he cannot escape the fact
that there continues to be huge competition in this market, and as
I've said on many occassions, I'm NOT talking about MS, TS, or WL.
The competition comes from Matlab, R, S-Plus, etc. I believe Howard
has written a useful book on quantitative trading (based on reviews,
haven't read it myself). For a growing number of us that is where the
industry, and thus we, are heading. TJ cannot afford to leave AB
dormant. It would simply be massive value distruction.
He has choosen a business format which has been very succesful for
AB. But the main risk is the reliance on its creator (there is no
contingency plan here). We cannot have him turn into an author.
Vote TJ for developer ! (and Brian for author ???)
PS
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Paul Ho" <paultsho@xxx> wrote:
>
> I think this topic has been floated a number of time, but at the
end,
> it always go back to Tomasz. But I dont think Tomasz has the time
or the
> inclination to write an AFL book (I dont know, but I am guessing)
> He has written all he wants to write in the help file, in the
knowledge
> base, and here in the forum.
> I think it is upto someone else to compile the materials written,
add
> examples or further explanations, together with him,
> into some kind of course notes.
> The problem that I see is that people either can find the relevant
info, or
> dont understand it
> you need a course on AFL, not a book.
>
>
> _____
>
> From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf
> Of brian_z111
> Sent: Friday, 8 February 2008 12:35 PM
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [amibroker] Re: no amibroker book?
>
>
>
> Graham,
>
> Sorry - I sent my reply to your PM by mistake.
>
> I think these discussions help Tomasz and the community in general
so
> here is my viewpoint.
>
> I agree with your suggestion - it is the sensible thing to do and a
> lot are doing just that ("God helps those who help themselves"
> and "if you want something done do it your self") - you are correct.
>
> I wonder, though, how many thousands of hours you have put into
> your 'keeps' and whether the majority, who work full time, are able
> to match that?
>
> However, I also agree with the others that we need a good AFL book
> and IMO Tomasz is the man to write it - yes, even if he has to stop
> development to do it - take a sabbatical and get out the feathered
> pen Tomasz (I don't think Howard is doing an AFL book - although
his
> books go a long way towards it).
>
> I actually drew a temporary line in the sand at starting my own
mini-
> database of clippings.
>
> Reasons:
>
> AB is not my first and last love.
> It has taken an inordinate amount of my time to learn and I still
> haven't got to the bottom of it.
> I have to draw the line somewhere since it is my intention to be a
> professional trader and not a professional amibrokerist.
>
> As well as that I am a conceptual learner so I want to learn how to
> do it from first principle and not just memorize it like a parrot.
>
> Code help is great after you have exhuasted all personal efforts.
>
> That is what training should do - teach us how to do it from first
> princples rather than keeping a compendium of everyone elses past
> solutions.
>
> As well as that I have a philosophical objection to 1000's of
people
> having to labour away in private over their own AB training manuals
> (a very inefficient use of precious HUMAN resources - "life is a
> short warm moment, death is along cold rest" - Pink Floyd).
>
> Also I like books.
> They represent 10 -20 years of the authors live (the best part of
it)
> packed into a considered, ordered and edited presentation, all for
> the bargain basement price of around $100 bucks.
>
> Given the choice I would rather have a Tomasz 500 page AFL book
than
> anyone's 5000 page compendium of forum clips etc.
>
> brian_z
>
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com>
ps.com,
> Graham <kavemanperth@> wrote:
> >
> > Why not do what I have done over the years, any useful tips from
> posts
> > are pasted to my own library
> >
> > There is a wealth of information in the various sources, it is
just
> a
> > matter of reading and working through the tons of examples. eg AB
> > library, AB yahoo groups file libraries, AB yahoo groups posts
> (search
> > for different topics/keywords), User Knowledge base, AB Knowledge
> > base, AB members area, and not to forget the AB help files (that
> > contain a great search facility), and probably a few more I cannot
> > recall from top of the head
> >
> > --
> > Cheers
> > Graham Kav
> > AFL Writing Service
> > http://www.aflwriti <http://www.aflwriting.com> ng.com
> >
> > On 08/02/2008, brian_z111 <brian_z111@> wrote:
> > > Some people do better with a book because of the formal
structured
> > > approach. I agree with you on the wealth of resources though. We
> > > shouldn't overlook the forum either. Look at the answer at
> VarSelect
> > > (var1, var2,n) etc - the forum virtually wrote a chapter on
> demand -
> > > you can't beat that.
> > >
> > > Graham's and Tomasz's forum answers, over the years, are a book
in
> > > themselves as well (thanks to all who continually answer code
> > > questions in the forum - a book would be nice to have but we
> would be
> > > lost without you all).
> > >
> > > brian_z
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com>
ps.com,
> Grant Noble <gruntus@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Did you bother to read the manual or look at the AFL library?
> Those
> > > are huge resources in
> > > > themselves. More than enough there to begin anyone with
coding.
> > > When I was starting I was grateful
> > > > that I didn't need to spend money on books. Neither do you..
> > > >
> > > > normanjade wrote:
> > > > > I dont get it. Where are we supposed to learn the language?
> There
> > > > > doesn't seem to be any good resources out there. Anybody
know
> > > where to
> > > > > go? I can only find very basic info.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> >
>
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