[Flopcpp] A FlopC++/COIN-Guide for beginners

[WoelliUSM at aol.com]

Dear  all, 
first  of all, the more and more I work with COIN/FlopC++, the more I am  
fascinated by the excellent work which is done here. 
 
Because  of many reasons, which I maybe mention later, I started working on 
an _FlopC++-Wikipedia_ (http://cardinals2.mastershrimp.com/wiki)  as a  
contribution to this community.    
As  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.  
If  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.  
I'd  really like to know, whether this is a desired contribution.  
Of  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.  
Greetings  from Cologne, 
Christian  Woellenstein
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