Walter's DConf 2014 Talks - Topics in Finance

[TJB]

On Monday, 24 March 2014 at 11:57:14 UTC, Daniel Davidson wrote:
> On Saturday, 22 March 2014 at 17:30:45 UTC, TJB wrote:
>> On Saturday, 22 March 2014 at 16:35:07 UTC, Brian Rogoff wrote:
>>
>>> This is a very interesting thread that you started. Could you 
>>> flesh it out more with some example C++ that you'd like 
>>> compared to D? I'm sure quite a few people would assist with 
>>> a translation.
>>
>> Well, right away people jumped to high-frequency trading. 
>> Although that may be the most visible area in computational 
>> finance - it's not the only one. There are areas where 
>> performance is crucial, but where trading is done at a lower 
>> frequency (where latency is not the main issue).
>>
>
> I apologize for that. HFT has been a driver of a lot of 
> business and attention. Of course you are right about areas 
> with less latency sensitivity and D is attractive there. Even 
> in latency sensitive efforts I think could be D attractive for 
> new efforts providing some of the memory management efforts 
> continue to evolve. My main point was selling it would be tough.
>
> Thanks
> Dan

Dan,

Thanks for your thoughtful points.  I think your experience is 
worth listening to - I think it confirms that both:

* D is worth pursuing in these areas

* It won't be easy to convince others to adopt it

These points are worth thinking deeply about as D is developed 
for the real world.

TJB