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Hello,
AFL although has array constructs, it works also
as any other general purpose procedural language such as VB/VBScript, JScript, C.
So the language is powerful enough to code everything user cames up with
provided that the user wants to learn.
History of this list shows dozens of examples where I have shown how
to write "impossible" things. So I repeat once again: *nothing* is impossible.
With AFL and its tremendous extensibility (OLE/DLLs) you can easily control space shuttle if you want.
Best regards,
Tomasz Janeczko
amibroker.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Brown" <see3d@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 2:30 AM
Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: Big symbol text in the background
> Brian,
>
> Ok, I understand where you are coming from.
>
> The reason I ask the question is because I work from the assumption
> that AB/AFL is a worthy general programming language for taking series
> data (of most types) and transforming it into files or displays. I
> know my assumption is flawed, because Tomasz wrote AB with the express
> purpose of quickly processing time series data in the form of stock
> information in specific ways and generating displays that were
> relevant to the same. Some of the implementation choices he made
> limit the general purpose usability of AB for tasks he did not expect
> it to be used for. Many of my suggestions for improvements are simply
> requests to make AB/AFL more general purpose so that I can be more
> creative with how I process stock and related information, interact
> with the user, and display the results. If it were not for the fact
> that Tomasz listens to his users, and responds with improvements, I
> would have abandoned AB a year ago for some other more general tool.
>
> In the case of the statement you made, I do not know if it is possible
> to do it all in AB. I assume it is. I ask because I thought you had
> tried, but found some roadblock to success.
>
> On the Mac topic. I expect you will have a great time exploring the
> alternate universe I live in, regardless of what you ultimately decide
> to do for you next machine.
>
> Have a great time at the beach. It is just getting towards Summer
> weather here and the fruit trees are all in bloom.
>
> Best regards,
> Dennis
>
> On Apr 24, 2008, at 5:34 PM, brian_z111 wrote:
>> Dennis,
>>
>> I'm off to the beach for a few days to catch 'the last wave of
>> summer'.
>>
>> A quick answer:
>>
>> Don't worry about it on my behalf.
>>
>> I assume that the intellectual/programming price to do it inside AB
>> is too high for me (I take it you are suggesting it can be done).
>>
>> I have a policy (based on my age, temperament and efficiency) to only
>> do the programming that I have to.
>> I prefer to outsource my 'non-essential' programming to people who
>> are brilliant at it and focus on what I do best.
>>
>> My preferred option is to just get the trade series, plus key
>> evaluation inputs, from AB and do analysis/evaluation/MM elsewhere.
>>
>> I am heading towards beefing up my Excel skills OR buying a stats
>> package and/or adding custom evaluation/management (either outside of
>> AB or eventually with an AB plugin - I'm likely to pay a programmer,
>> or do a joint venture, to get the plugins I want).
>>
>> BTW - you have got me interesed in Mac.
>>
>> I'll check them out further later - I'm due for a new desktop so I
>> might expand my computer world (I keep my second oldest computer
>> until the next cycle anyway so I will still have a MS Windows
>> desktop).
>>
>> I thought the computer earth was flat and ended at Microsofts back
>> fence!
>>
>> Now that you have told me otherwise..............
>>
>> cheers,
>>
>> brian_z
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Dennis Brown <see3d@xxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Why can't you? What is the function that is missing to do that?
>>>
>>> ~Dennis
>>>
>>> On Apr 23, 2008, at 9:51 PM, brian_z111 wrote:
>>>> I would jump up and down on my pogo stick for a week if I could
>>>> return a custom metric as a data series, get a stdev, bin it (do a
>>>> frequency dist) and view the dist in a chart with the push of a
>>>> button.
>>>>
>>>> Heaven, I'm in heaven! (Lisa Minelli?)
>>>>
>>>> brian_z
>>>>
>>>> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Duke Jones, CMT" <Duke@> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Tomasz,
>>>>>
>>>>> Neat trick with the GFX exmple in the KB. Now if we could only
>> get
>>>> you
>>>>> to show us how to do a bell curve distribution plot! :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.amibroker.com/kb/?p=72
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Duke Jones, CMT
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>
>>
>>
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