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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Fulks [mailto:bfulks@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 9:41 AM
> To: Omega-List
> Subject: Re: EL translator as a web site
>
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> At 11:48 AM 1/27/2006, Joel Reymont wrote:
>
> >I'm assuming that since I'm the one translating the EL code I could
> >generate proper WL code that takes care of stop order, etc. I would
> >probably not get it right the first time around but having a web site
> >would surely simplify roll-outs. It would be far easier than telling
> >everyone to re-download the binaries.
>
> Translating the EasyLanguage code is a minor part of the problem.
> You would also have to translate all of the function libraries or
> make sure that WealthLab had comparable functions that worked
> exactly the same way.
>
Yes, as in:
1) single precision floating point, when double would be better
2) the "broken" stand deviation calculation
3) TS's rendition of EMA (most trading packages establish the
initial values for the EMA differently.
4) the "bouncing tick" bug/feature
Mark Jurik does a good job of describing some of EL's
idiosyncracies:
http://www.jurikres.com/down/Some%20Programming%20Issues%20in%20Easy%20Langu
age.pdf
Other things that make EL a bear is that a lot of the parameters
controlling systems are set up in separate property sheets.
There is also a fair amount of logic required to support the
graphic aspects of TS (the "plot" functions). It really is one
of TS's strengths. Then there's the optimization operation,
the scanning function, the various alerts, and so on.
As an aside, googling for "Tradestation Easy Language compatibility"
turns this up:
http://www.tssupport.com/products/multicharts/
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