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Just curious, why doesn't Visual Basic have full access to the Windows
API?
I see that TradeStation is on the PowerBasic customer list. I wonder
wether the sloppiness in TS2000i would be there if it was written in
C.
Thursday, March 20, 2003, 7:31:17 PM, you wrote:
CLS> Hear, hear -- one of the oldest languages available is still with
CLS> us and today is as powerful as any of the C derivatives for
CLS> computational purposes.
CLS> Clyde
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CLS> ----- Original Message -----
CLS> From: <CoastResearch@xxxxxxxxx>
CLS> To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
CLS> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 2:49 AM
CLS> Subject: Re: Info on DLL Programming
>> This is quite easily accomplished using a language like Power
>> Basic that can compile industry standard Dlls very simply that run
>> as fast as C.
>> http://www.powerbasic.com/products/pbdll32/
>>
>> Anyone can program in BASIC, learning C (C is for Chinese) is a
>> MUCH steeper learning curve.
>>
>> With Power Basic you have full access to the windows API. THe
>> compiler allows you to create .exe files with no bloat and run time
>> modules like Visual Basic. It is also much faster than Visual Basic.
>>
>> If you have any questions about declarations for passing variables
>> to and from your Dll, contact me privatly.
>>
>> I use this language for most of my work as it is so fast to code in. I
>> can typically do a project in 1/5 the amount of time it would take to
>> do in C.
>>
>> I have written Dlls for many traders and institutions very quickly
>> with this language. I reccomend it :)
>>
>> Regards
>> Mike
>>
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