From: dima <dejan.dimic@...>
Date: 2007-05-16T15:45:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Financial Information exchange (FIX) protocol and ruby

On May 15, 6:01 pm, Mark Volkmann <m...@ociweb.com> wrote:
> On May 15, 2007, at 3:00 AM, dima wrote:
>
> > On May 14, 8:24 pm, dima <dejan.di...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Does anybody have worked with quickfix or any other Financial
> >> Information exchange (FIX) protocol library or engine using ruby?
> >> I am especially interested in engine that can be used on Linux and/or
> >> Windows operating systems.
>
> > My goal is to incorporate a FIX protocol in some application of mine.
> > At the moment I just do a research to find what my options are.
>
> > Personally I would like to use a ruby FIX engine but if no such exists
> > I will engage in an effort to building it.
>
> > The QuickFix has a ruby wrapper but it doesn't work on Windows, at
> > least that's what I find in documentation.
>
> Have you considered using a Java-based FIX engine from JRuby?
> Currently JRuby is a little slower than standard Ruby, but the JRuby
> developers say that's just a temporary situation. If the Java-based
> FIX engine has acceptable performance then using JRuby to access it
> seems like a good solution.
>
> BTW, my company has a lot of experience with FIX. We even offer
> classes on FIX. If you need help with this, contact spenc...@ociweb.com.

Definitely I should test the Java thought JRuby solution.