Welcome to my site – istrolid.com
.:Info
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I am Andre Von Houck and I am a programmer. Quite straight forward is this not? I am not just someone who programs as a “job.” For me programming as an art form. It is pure expression of my thoughts and complete exercise of my authority over the computer.
.:Projects
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I have several projects going as all good programs do. I am interested in many different areas in computer science. They are basically 3d graphics for games because it is fun. Operating systems and language design – that is i am always writing an operating system of some sort and a programming language to go with it. Then some odd stuff like Genetic Algorithms because I think it is the future of computing and Forex automated trading because it can make lots of money.
.:Galacticus
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One of my project is Galacticus. Its a mmorts. Well that shoots it down right there no one in their right mind will make mmo-game. But not when you look at boundless planet. The project Galacticus reallies on is myGL – my game library. It written in pure python so it should be slow. Well surprisingly it is not. And when the folks at pypy make a faster python my 3d engine will be good enough use it. It has a nice GUI and i have even integrated pyODE for physics. It has its own model format py3d, pythonised xml like configurations, an a network module that can do mmoservers. All in all its very broad and loose collection of classes that would be useful in games. Its getting better and faster to use. I should release it to the world when i wrote some more of the documintatio.
.:Mongoose
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My other project is to make a programming language called Mongoose. Mongooses are very cool in that they can kill cobras and any other creature that is slower then them. They are violent. At first language design was to clone a “better” python – but now the focus has been shifted to a more of general purpose forth like paradigm where the language is written as much in the language as possible starting form the most basic components. But mongoose will still look more like python because it uses same indention principle and treats every thing as an object.
.:Forex
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Yes i have an custom automated Forex trader. Does it make lost of money? No – but that is because i have analyzed a year worth of data and found that my all of the trading strategies i dreamed up with did not work before I lost gobs of money on them. Analysis and correct trading habits are the primary reason most people fail and loose money. Well i guess i fails at making a winning strategy but i don't fail at loosing money.
Discovery of django.
Django is really a nice little platform for developing web sites. Although it has its limitations its slowly out grows them. Python has been my favorite language for some time – its speed of development and easy of use are quite fascinating. And because Django uses python its is this much better! I like the way Django handles object orientation – its straight forward.
.:Contact
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email me at eiforall@istrolid.com