> Hi,
> Just to add some details about the project I'm working on in case anyone is
> interested. The project is called Quanthas and is being hosted on
> sourceforge at
http://sourceforge.net/projects/quanthas/. The aim of the
> project is to produce a Haskell implementation of Quantlib
> (
http://sourceforge.net/projects/quantlib/)- an open source library for
> quantitative finance written in C++. Haskell is starting to be used
> seriously in quantitative finance and risk modelling circles within the
> investment banking and finance community, so I thought there would be some
> value in producing such a version.
> If anyone is interested in helping out, we would be more than happy to hear
> from you, since the project has just started and there's a great deal to do
> (and learn!).
> Best regards
> Simon Courtenage
> On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Yitzchak Gale <
gale@sefer.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Simon,
>>
>> Did you intentionally not reply to the list?
>>
>> Simon Courtenage wrote:
>> > This is for a project to port an open-source C++ library to haskell.
>>
>> Great! We'd love to give you whatever support you need
>> for your efforts.
>>
>> > My initial plan is to more or less preserve the way the
>> > library works in the first draft of the port and see how
>> > far we can get like that
>>
>> That's fine, as long as you truly mean the way it works,
>> and not the way the code is structured. Haskell is a post-OO
>> language. Its abstractions are very different than class
>> structures in C++. There is no direct translation - any given
>> C++ class structure could correspond to many totally different
>> kinds of Haskell programs, depending on what the program
>> is trying to do.
>>
>> If you are trying to find a method to transliterate a strongly
>> OO-style C++ program more or less word for word into
>> Haskell in a way that the class structure of the C++ will
>> still be apparent in the result, you are likely in for a frustrating
>> experience. You will spend a lot more time than you expected,
>> and the results will be very unsatisfying. Many others have
>> ended up that way.
>>
>> On the other hand, if you are willing to be a little more flexible
>> in your thinking, you'll probably find the task much easier than
>> you thought, enjoy it, and reap many benefits from the process
>> that you never imagined.
>>
>> In any case, please keep us in the loop, we'd like to hear
>> how it's going. And, uh... would you be willing to share a
>> few more details about what it is that you're trying to port? ;)
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Yitz
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