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For Tomasz to write a book would be a waste of time; it would be outdated before he could ever finish it. His time is not free and writing this type of a book doesn't bring in any significant money. He's got better things to do and, among other things, he's got a life of his own to live :-)
best regards,
herman
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Friday, February 8, 2008, 2:14:34 PM, you wrote:
> brian_z111 wrote:
>> 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
> Brian, I agree with Paul and vlanschot that TJ cannot afford to do this.
> And quite frankly - no offense meant, TJ!!! - I'm not sure if he's the
> right guy to do this. I'm afraid he's frequently thinking in quite
> different categories than most of us who are non-programmers and
> apparantly much more simple-minded He's often made the statement
> that every AB user should read the manual from the first to the last
> page over and over again. Yes, true - but that doesn't really help in
> many situations.
> Examples? The description of Exrem and Exremspan - without hints from
> other guys here in the mailing list (who are obviously more intelligent
> than I am) I would never have understood the whole purpose of these
> functions and when to use them.
> Another one: The description of Equity() - my goodness, after all these
> years I still have troubles at times to decide which flag I should use
> and with which consequences.
> There are many other examples of functions available in AB that may be
> useful for me in specific situations - but I simply don't understand
> and use them (like Varset). In the past I had very often the
> impression - with a "normal" occupation, a wife and two children who
> sometimes felt neglected - that I'm the wrong target customer for AB
> and TJ. But, well, over the years the moments of desperation have
> become fewer thanks to a lot of pasting of infos from the list here
> (like Graham has mentioned).
> Having said this, I think an AFL book is needed written strictly from
> the user's perspective. I think most of us non-programmers and
> non-engineers are in need of "cooking recipes" that organize, structure
> or arrange the vast multitude of possibilities available in AB in
> order to facilitate everyday usage of this excellent application. A
> nice example from the AB library as a starter would be
> http://www.amibroker.com/library/detail.php?id=547
> Brian, Herman and you are doing a really marvelous job for the UKB. But
> perhaps some more of such "cooking recipes" should be included. It
> would be great if more AB users could contribute them.
> Just my 2 cents ...
> Greetings,
> Thomas
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