just get "AmiBroker"; You can use AFL (very much like c) or use what-ever language U want (through scripting or OLE) and its is FAST! ...and very inexpensive...
Assembly is for sissies. Real men program in binary codes. Only this way you can support all the latest processor instructions.
I thought I remember in a post that you said that you used tradestation. If that is the case I would recommend Delphi. Delphi is extremely fast at optimizing and the learning curve going from easy language to delphi is quite easy because both are based on pascal. Also, C# is probably the 2nd best option. If you learn C# you'll be more attractive to employers (if that is an option)... however C# is very different from easy language and in my opinion it is all together a much more difficult language to learn. It's also not as fast as Delphi
Freagin' newbs... Fastest???? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field-programmable_gate_array Other than that, burn your program into the chip in a factory like... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application-specific_integrated_circuit Or am I too "advanced" for all you newbs... bwahahahahahahahahahahaha!!! OK, OK... I'm just in a bad mood... Seriously, I know one hedge fund using this...
Fastest? For your Celeron or your P4 or your 32 bit processor? Or for your Xeon's or 64 bits? It really doesn't make that much difference for most people as the processor you use will have more of an effect on your program's usefulness than whether your wrote in VB or C++. If, however, you are looking for the faster software to code, then VBnet is still the choice of many (self included). And with the current release of VS 2005, the languages all compile to the same or near same executable code. (Windows programmer, can't speak for other languages)