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Fundamentals
WHAT IS EASYLANGUAGE?
When you code (slang for writing your ideas into a programming language) an analysis technique, you are directing the computer to follow your instructions to the tee. A computer program is nothing but a list of instructions. A computer is obedient and speedy, but it is only as smart as its programmer. In addition, the computer requires that its instructions to be in an exact format. A programmer must follow certain syntax rules.
EasyLanguage is the medium used by traders to convert a trading idea into a form that a computer can understand. Fortunately for nonprogrammers, EasyLanguage is a high level language; it looks like the written English language. It is a compiled language; programs are converted to computer code when the programmer deems necessary. The compiler then checks for syntactical correctness and translates your source code into a program that the computer can understand. If there is a problem, the compiler alerts the programmer and sometimes offers advice on how to fix it. This is different than a translated language, which evaluates every line as it is typed.
All computer languages, including EasyLanguage, have several things in common. They all have:
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Words that the computer language has set aside for a specific purpose. You can only use these words for their predefined purposes. Using these words for any other purpose may cause severe problems. (See the list of reserved words in Appendix C.) |
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