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I do high-frequency trading, mostly in C++ and q/kdb+. I am a pro tem moderator of Quant SE. My views are my own and do not reflect the same of my employer.

My favorite answers:

Separating the wheat from the chaff

How much data is needed to validate a trading strategy

Time-series similarity measures

Column-oriented storage for tick data

A new programming language can only succeed if it capitalizes on an emerging frontier


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answered Why would I write a DSL instead of a form based RIA?
May
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answered Corporate Framework: good or bad?
May
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comment How does a beginner programmer find a mentor for learning from doing?
This is really not the right place to ask career advice. See the FAQ.
May
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comment How to be sure that a library or utility author does not change the license at a certain time and sue you?
If the software is hosted on a repository like GitHub or Bitbucket, then the embedded version control will have a previous copy of the license, along with the timestamps of when it was changed.
May
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comment How to be sure that a library or utility author does not change the license at a certain time and sue you?
The license is the official authorization.
Apr
30
reviewed Approve suggested edit on Merits of a “Message Passing” system vs. an “Event Based” system
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comment Paid open-source app
Are your users programmers?
Apr
27
revised Question regarding approach to programming and testing
Removed tags that clearly don't have anything to do with the question.
Apr
25
comment CoffeeScript translates to JavaScript. Is there something like it for C?
Lots of compilers can target C as an intermediary. For example, GHC can produce C if a direct back-end isn't available.
Apr
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25
revised A modern review of Java
Added link to the question about C# Dictionary vs C++ std::unordered_map.
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comment Naming convention: is it good that all subclasses have same prefix or suffix or not?
@kevincline I had ML and Haskell in mind when I wrote that.
Apr
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answered Naming convention: is it good that all subclasses have same prefix or suffix or not?