I've added the link to <http://quantlib.org/extensions.shtml>. Good luck 
with the project!

Luigi


On Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at 1:14:12 AM UTC+1, Christopher Alexander 
wrote:
>
> OK, I have renamed the package to QuantLib.jl.  The package is located 
> here:  https://github.com/pazzo83/QuantLib.jl
>
> Thanks again for all the feedback!
>
> - Chris
>
> On Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at 8:50:24 AM UTC-5, Jeffrey Sarnoff wrote:
>>
>> As Eric suggests, naming it QuantLib.jl works best with the package 
>> ecosystem and it is not in use elsewhere.
>>
>> On Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at 8:40:32 AM UTC-5, Luigi Ballabio wrote:
>>>
>>> Very interesting--drop me a line if you want me to add a link to your 
>>> project on the QuantLib site.  One thing though: the name JQuantLib has 
>>> been taken for a while by another project (with which I'm not involved) 
>>> that's writing a Java port of QuantLib; see <
>>> http://www.jquantlib.org/en/latest/>.  You might want to come up with a 
>>> new name to avoid confusion.
>>>
>>> Now I just have to learn Julia to have a look at your code :)
>>>
>>> Luigi
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at 7:56:45 AM UTC+1, Christopher Alexander 
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thanks guys!  I still have a lot of work to do regarding writing tests 
>>>> and all, but one awesome thing is that for the most part, I am matching or 
>>>> beating the C++ timings for the examples I've created so far.
>>>>
>>>> On Monday, February 29, 2016 at 11:24:09 PM UTC-5, Viral Shah wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> You've already got a nice body of code there!
>>>>>
>>>>> -viral
>>>>>
>>>>> On Monday, February 29, 2016 at 10:02:16 PM UTC+5:30, Christopher 
>>>>> Alexander wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello all, I'd like to point people in the direction of a package 
>>>>>> I've been working on: JQuantLib, to get some feedback.  Basically, I am 
>>>>>> trying to write a version of the very popular open-source quantitative 
>>>>>> finance library QuantLib in pure Julia.  The library itself is written 
>>>>>> in 
>>>>>> C++, but it is commonly used in Python (via SWIG).  I thought this would 
>>>>>> be 
>>>>>> a first attempt at trying to solve a common problem in many financial 
>>>>>> firms 
>>>>>> where you have basically two different dev environments: a 
>>>>>> calculation-heavy one (where speed is important) in C++, C, etc and one 
>>>>>> that is increasingly in Python to provide an abstraction to that lower 
>>>>>> level.  Julia seems to be a perfect fit for eliminating the myriad 
>>>>>> issues 
>>>>>> one can encounter with this bifurcated dev setup.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The package itself is located here: 
>>>>>> https://github.com/pazzo83/JQuantLib
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There is a bond pricing (NPV) example in the readme itself, and 
>>>>>> further examples in the examples folder (these are under development 
>>>>>> still).  I am continuing to work on this and add to it, but I'd love 
>>>>>> some 
>>>>>> feedback!  I'm still relatively new to Julia, but working on this has 
>>>>>> definitely improved my fluency of the language.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Chris
>>>>>>
>>>>>

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