Thread: [Quickfix-announce] QuickFIX 1.7.1 Available
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From: Oren M. <or...@qu...> - 2004-05-10 23:25:32
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QuickFIX 1.7.1 is now available at http://www.quickfixengine.org/ Release notes are available at http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php? group_id=37535&release_id=237222 So this is pretty significant for a point release. For C++ users it will look pretty much like a point release, but for Java users it will look more significant. For the most part the Message class has been beefed up giving you access to more versatile constructors, and finally iterators! You can now iterate through all the fields in a message (as well as headers, trailers, and groups). Iterators return StringFields which contain the tag and a string representation of the fields value. There are also some other nice things for everyone like the ability to programatically logoff. QuickFIX will also gracefully logoff when an initiator or acceptor is stopped. No more complaints from counter-parties about QF rudely hanging up on everyone. Of course the problem with infinite resend requests has been fixed. Thanks to everyone who provided clues as to the nature of this problem and those who verified that it has gone away. Once we were able to capture it in a test the fix for this was trivial. I know I said it last time, but it is true once again. Adoption of QuickFIX is getting bigger and bigger. 1.7.0 got 1000 downloads in the month of March. Previous releases have generally garnered 300-400 downloads in a month. We have also seen even more major firms adopting or evaluating QuickFIX. I think in general the acceptance of OSS software in finance is at a level never before seen. This industry has always been quick to adapt to new things that add value and I'm glad that OSS is seen as one of those things. --oren |