> - everyone specializes So, for AB (trading) survivors the trend is towards specialization and minimalism.
An example of minimalism: - this board is a minimalist board... it just has the bare bones and no more - it suits long term users (they just want to send/receive by mobile/email ... they delete most messages ... they save and/or respond to a small % only ... they don't need the bells and whistles of a 'feature rich' forum ... to them it would be a PITA dragging around all of the attached stuff ... they don't want long discussions, they want facts that they can add to the 'database') - long term users comprise the majority at any given time - the compensation is that most long term users help out newcomers somewhere along the way. - Tomasz is a minimalist ... he has been around for 20-30 years Dennis .. the altruistic voice always speaks with authority (due to its timeless/quantum nature) and has a high success rate. Unfortunately it has to speak through the personality (the P is shaped by environmental and inherited factors) ... the limitations of the personality are a PITA at times ... we can't trade it in for a new one ... the function of the higher faculities (intuition and above) is to guide/train the P and eventually assume equality with, or even hegemoney over, it. Shifting power between the two is normal (cycling is a part of Nature). --- In [email protected], "brian_z111" <brian_z...@...> wrote: > > Louies88, > > We took the discussion a lot further than you required ... I hope we didn't > confuse you. > > I have been involved in ongoing discussions over training issues, in the > forum, and with Tomasz, ever since I joined the forum (others have been > involved since before my time). > > As you can see, some of us are a little passionate over the subject. > > Tomasz has introduced a lot of 'training' features over the last 3 years. > > A few important points we forgot to mention: > > - most of the people who are intent on becoming experts with AFL take the > posts from this board, as emails, and save them in a threaded emailer to > build up a referenced database ... many of them have years of categorized > threads. > > - re an AFL book ..... Tomasz has actually written an AFL book ... it > comprises everything under AmiBroker Formula Language in the help manual. The > fact that people like me are arguing with Tomsasz about the fine print > creates the impression that 'The Book' isn't good ... that isn't true ... it > is quite good and if you keep going back to it AND gradually learn it, > especially the functions, in detail, you will learn an awful lot about > programming in AFL i.e. the function reference forms the bulk of 'The Book'. > > - everyone specializes ... no two traders agree on anything very often ..... > if and when you want to specialize there are experts in the forum on a wide > range of subjects (AFL, stats for traders, otpimization, data, autotrading > etc). > > - IMO you have to give yourself permission not to learn it all and don't feel > intimidated because you are not proficient in all of the fields that a trader > can specialize in. > > > No one is always right. > > After the discussion I haven't chnaged my position very much, if at all, and > Tomasz probably feels exactly the same way ... I did learn some more about > AFL though. > > > > > --- In [email protected], "louies88" <Louies88@> wrote: > > > > I think Amibroker is great, especially its AFL. Although I don't know > > enough about it to claim that it's superior than most other scripting > > languages out there, I know for a fact that this is one of the best. That > > also begs the question of how a person w/ virtually no programming > > background can get started w/ AFL. I followed this forum long enough to > > note that some of you in here are excellent coders. The codes that I often > > see are flawless and eloquent, which then makes me think how long does it > > take a coding newbie such as myself to attain that coding level. > > > > I look at it this way. Coding a computer language is pretty similar to > > learning a foreign language. I remember how my first English class went. I > > started out by learning a few basic vocabulary words, then use some of it > > in the form of a noun, then a verb, finally an object. Sentence structures, > > or in computer language better known as syntax, govern if a sentence is > > grammatically correct or if it's not. With that in mind, I also started out > > by looking at the AFL Library in Amibroker. I downloaded all of the > > functions in the hope of building myself an Amibroker vocabulary and > > started to put some of the basic vocabulary words together to make a > > "sentence." > > > > However, since there isn't any kind of document FORMALLY teaching the ABC > > of coding in Amibroker, I'm left w/ a question how does Amibroker syntax > > work? Some of the experienced coders here often compare AFL syntax to that > > of C++. But for a person w/ neither background in AFL or C++ or any other > > computer langugae, the question remains: How do I get start? Where's the > > square one? > > > > Anybody w/ such experience is highly appreciated if he/she's willing to > > shed a light on this. > > > > > > Thanks > > >
