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of all, the more and more I work with COIN/FlopC++, the more I am
fascinated by the excellent work which is done here. </SPAN></DIV>
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of many reasons, which I maybe mention later, I started working on an <A
href="http://cardinals2.mastershrimp.com/wiki">FlopC++-Wikipedia</A> as a
contribution to this community.
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my beginning in January is not too far away, I can remember well how
difficult it was to start. I still think that a platform for beginners, who know
about modeling (GAMS, AMPL) but are new to COIN/FLOPC++, is needed. FlopC++ may
be a good "door-opener" to the world of COIN, as it is not as difficult as the
mps-format. </SPAN></P>
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you read the wikipedia, you'll see that I try to explain FlopC++ as a C++-Class
for which extensive C++-knowledge is not needed to become attractive to
AMPL/GAMS-Users. I try to establish some kind of "plug and play" to make it easy
to start with FlopC++ and COIN. </SPAN></SPAN></P>
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really like to know, whether this is a desired contribution. </SPAN></SPAN></P>
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course this wikipedia is not finished yet, but right now I am thinking of either
focussing completely on FlopC++ or also explaining basics of COIN. If the last
option is desired, I need help from this community because I am not very
experienced with COIN, so I don't know what is really important for
starters. I am glad about every contribution, note, commentary etc.
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from Cologne,</SPAN></SPAN></P>
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