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Thanks Dale,
But could you tell us is there a difference between Pascal and TurboPascal ?
Which version is the lastest and the most close to EZlanguage ?
Philippe
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De : Alan Mi <ami@xxxxxxxxx>
À : omegalist <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Envoyé : dimanche 25 avril 1999 07:33
Objet : How to Learn EasyLanguage Fast and Inexpensively
> This is in response to a couple of postings for EL text books, etc.
>
> In the end, you want to learn EL to express your trading ideas. By the
> time you keep stiff upper lip thru the learning, you will feel good
> about being able to read others systems but disappointed by still being
> incapable of writing your own systems. The difference between Knowing EL
> and being able to write sophisticated systems is the difference between
> being able to write in English and being able to write an article for a
> local paper.
>
> Most simplistic systems entry level EL coders write don't work well. In
> my view, it really take some general computer programming skills to
> become good at writing good trading systems - you almost have to
> overshoot it. EL is almost the same as Pascal. If you are serious about
> becoming skillful in writing sophisticated systems, register for a
> Programming in Pascal at a community college or buy a Pascal textbook.
> Practice basic programming skills. It's a seemingly long but actually
> short route. After that, EL is a piece of cake.
>
> EL is getting increasingly sophisticated and less easy. It is almost as
> powerful as a general computer programming language. The 2000i version
> introduces in the great feature of reference function parameter, which
> is the same as Pascal's "var". This allows us to write fast functions
> because it can calculate multiple things during one invocation and pass
> all the results back to the caller. But the concept is difficult to
> understand.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
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