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On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, coastresearch@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> If you want to learn to program I STRONGLY reccomend that you
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> do NOT start with C. It is powerfull, but it is a very steep learning
> curve.
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> Pascal is OK, but BASIC has been around for eons and it is ... well
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> pretty basic!
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> VB is a slow bloated pig, but it has somehow become an industry
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> standard, however it CANNOT produce a DLL that tradestation can
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> call. I would reccomend going down the DLL road to start with
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> because it saves you writing all the charting and data mangaement
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> code. You can begin small and work up. Once you have you DLL
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> writen you can call it from anything, a standalone app you write,
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> another open platform, Metastock, System Navigator etc etc.
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> So you ask, what language do you write a DLL in if VB is not the
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> answer? PowerBasic. It is small, fast and very quick to learn. The
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> message boards are full of ex C++ programmers that switched to
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> PB and you can get help within minutes. It has full access to the
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> windows API and can create DLLs or full blown EXEs without any
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> darn runtime modules like VB.
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> I used this language for the first time a few years ago and I dont
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> use anything else now.
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> http://www.powerbasic.com/products/pbdll32/default.asp
> Regards
> Mike
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I suggest that if you want to learn programming, learn lisp.
Mike
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