Some q

[Ihsan Ali Al Darhi]

Hi...

I use VC++.NET on Windows XP Professional. I looked at ur library and like
it very much. But there is a problem I face. My background is not
established well in finance so that I can't understand many of the concepts
and techniques of this library.

1. Why don't u provide some info in the help files on the theories this
library after? I mean the theories, rules, laws, calculation techniques, etc
on the financial techniques and instrument?

2. Or, why don't u write a book on how to use this library?


Mo

[Ferdinando M. Ametrano-2]

>1. Why don't u provide some info in the help files on the theories this
>library after? I mean the theories, rules, laws, calculation techniques, etc
>on the financial techniques and instrument?
Something is provided in the documentation files, the code has references
to books and articles when appropriate and I'm working on a more complete
bibliography.
This said I suggest you use QuantLib along with few finance books.

>2. Or, why don't u write a book on how to use this library?
This idea is floating around ... but it needs time.
I was even toying with the idea of a cooperative "open" book about
quantitative finance and its QuantLib implementation. Potential co-author
out there please step up

ciao -- Nando

[Luigi Ballabio-4]

At 10:59 AM 3/9/02 +0300, Ihsan Ali Al Darhi wrote:
>Hi...

Hi Ihsan, and welcome.

>I use VC++.NET on Windows XP Professional. I looked at ur library and like
>it very much.

Thanks.

>But there is a problem I face. My background is not
>established well in finance so that I can't understand many of the concepts
>and techniques of this library.
>
>1. Why don't u provide some info in the help files on the theories this
>library after? I mean the theories, rules, laws, calculation techniques, etc
>on the financial techniques and instrument?
>
>2. Or, why don't u write a book on how to use this library?

Because we have real jobs as well as kids and families :)

Documentation has a priority just as high as the code in this project,
exactly for the reason you wrote---the code is useless if nobody knows how
to use it. But documentation takes time. Also, it's kind of hard to draw
the line: what can we assume as known by our users (so that we can use that
time for other tasks just as useful, given the finiteness of available
man-hours) and what should we explain?

What we have now at http://www.quantlib.org/html/index.html is a
start---we'll be happy if you (and anybody else) help us by pointing out
what is missing.

Bye,
         Luigi