[erlang-questions] Lets build a stock exchange!

[Valentin Micic]

Well... it's your time after all.

V.


Well just wishing to do it is not going to teach you any of these things 
you've mentioned.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Mercer" <dmercer@REDACTED>
To: "'Erlang Questions'" <erlang-questions@REDACTED>
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 7:28 PM
Subject: Re: [erlang-questions] Lets build a stock exchange!


> Sure, I may not ever build a stock exchange, but I may be building an
> e-commerce engine, or a hospital information system, or something else 
> that
> may have very similar reliability, scalability, security, and audit
> requirements.
>
> For that matter, if I plan to build a poker server, I could probably apply
> much of what is learned from building a stock exchange.  The opposite is 
> not
> necessarily true.  I'd much rather see an application that hits more the
> sweet spot of Erlang (massive soft-real-time systems) than a toy 
> application
> conjured up to illustrate the same.
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: erlang-questions-bounces@REDACTED
> [mailto:erlang-questions-bounces@REDACTED] On Behalf Of Valentin Micic
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 09:23
> To: Joe Armstrong; Torben Hoffmann
> Cc: Erlang Questions
> Subject: Re: [erlang-questions] Lets build a stock exchange!
>
> Would not like to sound negative, but how many people would actually have 
> a
> chance to do something similar (i.e. build a stock exchange system) in 
> their
>
> careers? To me, this sounds like teaching someone to build affordable
> housing by explaining how to build a pyramid. If the main goal of writing 
> a
> book is to popularize a specific subject, the stock exchange system, IMHO,
> would not cut. If you want a popular support, write a book about popular
> subject. For example, I think that erlang's implementation of jabber
> protocol (XMPP, etc), did a great deal to erlang's popularity...But then
> again, how many books do we need?
>
> V.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Joe Armstrong" <erlang@REDACTED>
> To: "Torben Hoffmann" <torben.lehoff@REDACTED>
> Cc: "Erlang Questions" <erlang-questions@REDACTED>
> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 11:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [erlang-questions] Lets build a stock exchange!
>
>
>> This sounds like a great idea.
>>
>> I have no idea whether it would succeed or fail - if it succeeds then
>> (gulp)
>>
>> If it fails the interesting thing is not that it failed but WHY it 
>> failed.
>>
>> If things fail and we know why we can do research and fix things. It
>> is the existence of things
>> that don't work that stimulates software research and development.
>>
>> Interesting problems are very difficult to think up - asking the right
>> question is
>> often the really difficult bit - once asked lots of brains can try and
>> find the solution.
>>
>> Joels suggesting poses a difficult question - great - let's try and 
>> answer
>
>> it.
>>
>> If Joel can in any way structure the problem then there are loads of
>> us that can try and
>> write the individual bits.
>>
>> Breaking the system is great - a program that breaks the compiler is
>> far better than 100 that work.
>>
>> A program that breaks mnesia is far better than 1000 that work.
>>
>> If this breaks Erlang great - we can fix it and make an even better
>> system.
>>
>> Breaking stuff is easy - the interesting point is *where* does the system
>> break!
>>
>> /Joe Armstrong
>>
>>
>>
>> On Nov 11, 2007 10:10 PM, Torben Hoffmann <torben.lehoff@REDACTED>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Nov 11, 2007 9:43 PM, Christian S <chsu79@REDACTED> wrote:
>>> > Anyone know a book on technical requirements that brokers put on stock
>>> > exchanges? Order matching procedures, what information do tax offices
>>> > want, typical features as in stop-loss rules...
>>> >
>>> > Oh, and yes. A stock exchange is cooler than poker.
>>>
>>> It may very well be the case that a stock exchange is cooler than poker,
>>> but
>>> I think that the poker server has some interesting aspects that could
>>> inspire others. E.g., the dynamic allocation of a server to run a new
>>> table
>>> as well as the handling of the messages between the players is similar 
>>> in
>>> nature to some of the challenges there is in telecom with regards to
>>> group
>>> calls and where to "host" the call.
>>>
>>> Furthermore, I would rather see a well-written book on hard-core Erlang
>>> hit
>>> its window of opportunity than see the whole thing turn into "let's make
>>> the
>>> coolest application that will never run in real life just in order to
>>> spice
>>> up a programming book"-kind of projects.
>>>
>>> A well written book with a clear example of usage including discussions
>>> about where the general ideas can be applied is what I would bet my 
>>> money
>>> on. If a potential buyer of the hard-core Erlang book cannot abstract
>>> from
>>> the specific case study used to teach the principles then it is time to
>>> utter "Joe, We have a problem!" ;-)
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Torben
>>>
>>> P.S. My first reaction to the stock exchange idea was "Wow!! Cool!!!",
>>> but
>>> then my analytical side issued a kill to that process for the reason
>>> listed
>>> above.
>>>
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