P.S. I thought you hated me, why are you here? i almost put you on ignore, so these semi-reasonable questions are a bit confusing
Your coding and your choice of business partners are two separate topics. I respect your coding prowess. However, I cannot say the same (as you know) for one of your choices in cohorts. That was a different topic and it was not directed at you. You chose to defend the person I was asking questions about, therefore you received a response to your questions. There was no hate within my questions or answers and I feel I was very level headed in my response. As you can see from the reaction to the thread in question, it's about a 50/50 split on where that issue stands as far as I can tell ... which should indicate my points raised are valid concerns for a number of that coins investors. I and others simply wanted answers to questions no one else was willing to publicly ask on the subject. I was asked to follow up on that topic by concerned investors who would understandably rather not be dragged into that mess a second time.
Well, have you seen the other languages? It is a brand new language that nobody has ever used before
Also compilers for a lot of languages are written in C, so if somebody really wants to use some other language they can make a compiler for their language.
It is like using the most common low level building block. It is lower level, but not as low level as assembler. It is the language from where most other languages are derived, so most people are at least familiar with it.
That makes sense. It sounds like as long as you or someone else reliable vets any 3rd-party code all should be copacetic for end users.
Now, I will be able to write a lot of tradebots very quickly, so even if there are only a few others who can do it, there will be plenty of tradebots available.
Excellent!
So, the design choice is something that allows other languages to be implemented on top. While if I selected, I am not even sure what else can be considered, then it is doubtful there are many other languages that can be implemented in it, and doubtful that there are anywhere as many that are familiar with it and no doubt that I would not be so good coding in it.
As far as I know Tradebots C is the script language with the most power and this is what I need.
Also, have you ever heard of Metatrader? Their language is based on C, and Tradebots, are initially for making automated tradebots, like the zillions that metatrader has. So it is not just my personal preference there is an entire industry of C scripted tradebots from the Metatrader universe.
Yes I'm familiar with MT4, but I'm not familiar with the coding end of things which hopefully explains my numerous questions. Your answers have brought me a clearer understanding of how and why it was done this way, so thanks! Perhaps Kristov will follow up on BTCD and further expand on his initial concerns addressed in the video because I trust Kristov and have mad respect for his abilities. I hope my questions and your answers have enlightened anyone else curious about this topic. That's why I'm here, there and everywhere. It's all about knowledge, understanding and protecting our investments. At times there will be friction and if someone doesn't grease the wheel with some questions a fire might break out.
I think the problem with C is that it takes a full year of writing it to become proficient in it. So, there are a lot of coders who are a bit fuzzy about pointers and this is very dangerous. C is without any seatbelts, or airbags or guardrails, it is the code that is used that makes those safety things! So, it is not for amateurs to make linked-Tradebots. However, if you are experimenting on your own computer, even amateurs can make some tradebots or more likely modify the standard set that will be included with release. Always much easier to tweak an existing working thing than make a totally new one.
I even made data structures similar to MT4 and I think it would be possible to fairly easily map an MT4 expert adviser or signal to Tradebots. Some things are not there, but there will be much more powerful things available. Cant do an automatic translation, but I think most of the popular indicators and expert advisors wouldnt take long to convert. Maybe there could be a bounty for this at some point, but I am not gathering the price data anymore, so there is no long history of prices.
James
