Re: [Quickfix-developers] Subscribe/Publish logic
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From: Caleb E. <cal...@gm...> - 2007-01-16 02:33:52
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On 1/15/07, Matt Carlucci <MJC...@ms...> wrote:
> Thank you Carl. I'm starting to see some light. One thing I cam across was
Its Caleb. But you're welcome :)
> the FAST Protocol. I read the spec and scanned several other docs. It
> appears that Fast would resolve any possible latency issues when sending
> large amounts of messages.
Yes, FAST is a much more optimal encoding for things like market data.
That said, a simple fixed-field-width text message is also pretty
optimal and used for most major exchange feeds at the present time.
> Does QuickFix offer the Fast Encoding/Decoding methods or is there any
> immediatae plans to implement it?
No, QuickFIX doesn't support FAST, but there is a very nice reference
implementation written in C available on the FIX Protocol web site:
http://www.fixprotocol.org/fast/
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Caleb Epstein
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