TWS works well with Linux?

Yes its a java based application, operating systems do not matter on those. It only requires the JVM to run it on, which is OS independent.
 
It worked well enough for me.

I ran some algos with the API and the gateway worked. Execution was not so great; I was low man on the totem pole.
 
Times said:
Java is pretty terrible in my experience. ToS also uses Java and works on Linux.

C++ is where its at.
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You don't know what you are talking about. Today, Java is replacing most of the C++ code in finance for trading because the compiler and Jit makes Java as fast and in some cases faster than C++ code.
 
traderslair said:
You don't know what you are talking about. Today, Java is replacing most of the C++ code in finance for trading because the compiler and Jit makes Java as fast and in some cases faster than C++ code.
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You're fantasizing. If people are replacing c++ with Java it's because of Dilbert style management or well meaning but ultimately doomed new grads. A very well known hedge fund, which trafficks in mystery, once had such a team replace c++ with Java and found that they had memory leaks.

Java is being used in back office but that is being phased out for c#.

All that being said, Java is as good a choice as any providing you have good programmers.
 
nooby_mcnoob said:
You're fantasizing. If people are replacing c++ with Java it's because of Dilbert style management or well meaning but ultimately doomed new grads. A very well known hedge fund, which trafficks in mystery, once had such a team replace c++ with Java and found that they had memory leaks.

Java is being used in back office but that is being phased out for c#.

All that being said, Java is as good a choice as any providing you have good programmers.
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Also, the current use of Java in IB is an outgrowth of the JAVA hysteria in the late 90s. Fuck SUNW.
 
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