programming forum

rosy2 · Aug 30, 2011

look a programming forum. adapt or die

ModulusFE · Sep 4, 2011

To help make the adaption easier, you guys can ask programming questions on this forum and we will attempt to help you with code snippets, advice, info or whatever it is that you need.

HTmarket · Sep 13, 2011

Hi Modulus,

Can you list the languages in which you are proficient. Are you any good with Tradelink?

ModulusFE · Sep 13, 2011

Quote from HTmarket:
Can you list the languages in which you are proficient. Are you any good with Tradelink?

We're proficient in Assembly, C, C++, C#, F#, Java, VB, FoxPro and just about everything else. Most of us at Modulus have been developing trading software for 15 to 20 years.

We do not use nor do we recommend TradeLink or any other trading application. At Modulus, our software is built from the ground up and we do not depend on proprietary platforms. That is the theme of this forum by the way.

But with that said, we can put you in touch with developers who may be familiar with that product. Just drop us an email.

kut2k2 · Sep 15, 2011

Quote from ModulusFE:

We're proficient in Assembly, C, C++, C#, F#, Java, VB, FoxPro and just about everything else. Most of us at Modulus have been developing trading software for 15 to 20 years.

Are you able to answer questions about spreadsheet programming for trading? TIA.

ModulusFE · Sep 15, 2011

Quote from kut2k2:
Are you able to answer questions about spreadsheet programming for trading? TIA.

That'd be fine so long as it strictly relates to the VB code and not Excel.

darthtrader3.9 · Sep 15, 2011

How about a thread on F#? The good the bad and the ugly for trading kind of thing...
I know I'm going to get into it eventually if just out of intellectual curiosity.

ModulusFE · Sep 16, 2011

Sure! F# is a programming language.

rosy2 · Sep 16, 2011

Quote from darthtrader3.9:

How about a thread on F#? The good the bad and the ugly for trading kind of thing...
I know I'm going to get into it eventually if just out of intellectual curiosity.

from what I saw of f# it looks like a spin off of ocaml. Or maybe its a ML dialect. I spent some time with ocaml (couple years) and like its syntax over the other functional languages (haskel, lisp, erlang). The only problem with these languages is that there is not a lot of libraries/info. so you end up with smarter people but they are reinventing the wheel. As an example, anyone can grab some java jars and put together a nice app without really knowing what they are doing.

darthtrader3.9 · Sep 17, 2011

Quote from ModulusFE:

Sure! F# is a programming language.

Ohh I'm sorry, it was a request for you to make a thread on it as it relates to trading

Rereading what I wrote does sound like a really dumb question if F# would be ok in the sub forum.

It would seem to me the functional languages would make alot more sense naturally for programming trading systems but live in an object orientated world so that path seems alien.

I've always wanted to try to learn Lisp to see how it would be to program a system but the unreality of ever bringing a system online with Lisp has kept me away. F# seems like real world Lisp, but lisp/scheme is the only functional language I'm familiar with.