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Hi, I'm fairly new to FIX. I've used APIs which hide much of the protocol, but haven't done much with the wire level protocol itself. Mainly as a learning exercise, I'd like to implement a simple FIX engine (although I know QuickFix/J is available as a free and production level engine). I've printed out the 4.2 spec, but am overwhelmed at the idea of going through all the version. Are there any documents which simply list the differences between the versions? Am I basically correct in assuming that the session level protocol is the same for all versions and that the changes are limited to application level messages? I'm a little confused about the relationship between version 5 and the FAST protocol. Does 5 use FAST or is FAST simply a session level protocol and all versions (the application level parts) can be made to sit on top of FAST? Thanks [You can unsubscribe from this discussion group by sending a message to mailto:[email protected]] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Financial Information eXchange" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/FIX-Protocol?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
