I just had to repeat the following because this is really the best way to look at it,,, this is how open source works at its best. Everyone has...
"""Based on what I learned, people always talk about Linux being free, but he points out that most people who have Linux buy a distribution in a...
"Tickzoom sounds more like fantasy more than reality. I am betting this all BS. We get one of these threads on here about once every year." I...
Hi Big, You are talking about client side. What substantial open source projects are using C# ? I can't name a single one. What major...
The system that Wayne has is modular and uses a high performance engine at the lowest level. At that low level there are many math functions and...
Hi Big, The vast majority of high bandwidth back end code for the financial industry (as in stock market, not banks and branch banking) is...
Both Nvidia and ATI offer C compilers and infrastructure to use their GPU's for Math processing. This is a great idea in case the speed is...
Also think about compatibility with financial industry systems programmers that may want to contribute. Almost all of the cutting edge...
If you want to look at other large open source projects: OpenOffice - C++ and Java Linux - C and C++ Firefox - C++ and Java Anyway...
Hi Wayne, As far as speed benchmarks are concerned that is just one concern. Java has been gaining ground but the speed king is C and then C++....
Also, on Linux you can use other free open source software mostly written in C++ (or code chunks from this software) such as Scilab...
Yes, I agree with all your points. Java is great but my thoughts are that for the main engine you want the performance of C++. The main thing...
Hi Wayne, I have been following this thread but haven't posted anything yet because I wanted to digest all of this and not add to the clutter....
I just was checking out Sierra charts and noticed that their data service is provided by Barcharts. I have tested Sierra extensively durring...
Does anyone have experience using Barchart.com data and software? I just looked at the site and it looks very interesting but there is very little...
Also,,, I think that most machines have a bios setting that will enable or disable the hardware visualization. You have to enable this in the bios...
When you enable the hardware visualization in VirtualBox (if you have a newer Intel or AMD processor that supports it) it allows the processor to...
The VM (in this case Winxp) runs in a window or full screen (your choice). If you run the VM in a window then that window could be on top of or...
I run 64 bit Ubuntu and VirtualBox and it is really a lot faster. All my 32 bit applications are Windows applications so I run those in VirtualBox...
One other thing that I forgot to mention for anyone wanting Linux info or a good starting point is www.distrowatch.com this site has info on all...
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