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I wanted to reply and clarify my SQ viewpoint.
I use SQ and even considered- (still in consideration) a source license.
Once you understand what SQ can do and what it is- you are a lot better off
when your expectations are set. I am a huge SQ Fan.
1st- you NEED to be a programmer- or else you are in for a shocking
struggle.
2nd- it is an excellent LIBRARY with sets of abstractions of varying
quality- mostly very good- some not so good.
3rd- most 'bugs' that I have found are not in fact 'bugs' but misue- this is
due however to the main issue with SQ
4th- poor documentation/ examples. As a higher level user- I can work
details out. If you are not a programmer- you will struggle very hard.
5th- need more data and broker implementations- need Esignal and Pats
implemented as well as a few helpful others.
These things being known- the core library is EXCELLENT. Once you know your
way around the library that is SQ- you can do a LOT. The main advantage is
that you are not limited by anything at all. I use SEVERAL 3rd party sets of
components that do things ranging from more advanced charts- to complex
nested datagrids, to drag and drop UI functionality, to statistics/ math,
etc,etc.
These are my basic thoughts- SQ is good, it is not a bug hell, but it is
short on good documentation. I would encourage ANYONE that can program and
is sick of being limited by tradestation (or whatever) to go here- it IS
limitless, manageable, standards based, not broker tied, not datafeed tied,
scaleable and more and more.
My Best,
Chris
From: Joel Reymont <joelr@xxxxxxxx>
To: Mark Brown <markbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Re[4]: QuantStudio demo available
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 20:25:01 +0300
Mark,
This is the same Chris who posted a few messages ago about QS being a good
product. The message that you quoted is also from about 3 months ago. We
release new versions and updates every couple of weeks at least and take
all comments into account. Yes, we'll look at charts too.
Some things are still lacking, such as documentation but otherwise we are
making progress in leaps and bounds with every new version.
Joel
On Feb 26, 2004, at 7:13 PM, Mark Brown wrote:
off the quant studio forum i read the following from a c developer. he
says the program is full of bugs, why would i try and work with it?
[...]
My basic experience with ALL of this software is that there are TONS
of bugs, glitches and quirks. I will add to that by saying that you -
Joel have been GREAT and very helpful in every way. I believe in the
product, however I am mildly disappointed in the level of errors
throughout the app. Nevertheless - I would love to become
knowledgeable enough of the product that I could stop asking for
perpetual help - but I believe that it will ultimately help improve QS
for all if we can flesh out the rough spots. This is a complex set of
code in QS, so I understand that there will be issues, but .... it
feels almost like beta software to me.
My Best,
Chris
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