You know to this day it still amazes me things people say! Kinda like the old "Mac is better than Microsoft", or even better "Microsoft is better than Mac". C'mon we all know Linux is better ;)
ColdFusion and ASP are tool that you use to get things done. Each has it's pros and it's cons. If you are working to meet a deadline, ColdFusion is your best solution, if you are looking to charge your customer with more hours of work from a project ASP is better. In truth ColdFusion is much more mature (Sincee it has actually been around longer in the market) than ASP and therefore it most ways behaves better. I wonder where ASP would be if Allaire would of been as big a Microsoft when it was released? I mean think about the comparison of companies! Yes, ColdFusion costs money, ASP can be plugged in. For ASP you need add-ons, and in some cases you also do with CF (CFX Tags, etc...). But in truth knowing both ASP and ColdFusion (actually started with ASP... [needless to say I cannot even remember those days anymore ;)] I've really seen ColdFusion do things in half the time that ASP do. I still to this day believe that the languages are tools we use to achieve the things we want or need, if you want to use ASP, that's your choice, just don't knock one or the other. I personally prefer Coldfusion simply because in my opinion it's much more powerful, scalable and faster. It takes a lot less time to build my applications and even better when I hire an entry level CF programmer, it's MUCH MUCH easier to get them going on the coding. Not to mention that ColdFusion has the greatest Community online. :) Well, that was just my two cents on the matter... Pablo Varando http://www.cfpablo.com http://www.easycfm.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Weeg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 4:47 PM Subject: RE: CF vs. ASP > speak for yourself matt, since you dont > have confidence in your work being the biggest > baddest web apps in the world, it doesnt > surprise me that you dont find cf as the same. > > its a shame, a darn shame, you seem to be a pretty > smart guy but are way, way too damn Opinionated and > in to yourself, even for your own good. if you spent > half as much time writing cf code as you do writing > bitter emails to this list, you might be able to > code some of the biggest baddest web apps in the world, like > the rest of us do! > > tony > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Liotta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 7:20 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: CF vs. ASP > > > > anyhow, the truth of the matter is this....if i can > > develop rich cf applications for companies > > in half the time, that it might take an asp coder > > to do it, with half the code, i will, and until something > > better comes along, thats what im doing... > > > I am not disagreeing that CF is faster to develop in. I am simply > pointing out that it is not because one particular feature takes less > lines to code in CF than another language. I suspect that just as much > time is spent in another language learning an email library's API as is > wasted by CFers trying to figure why cfmail doesn't do what it is > supposed to. > > > of course there is other code to the cfmail tag, what idiot > > wouldnt know that? but the point was, from a developers > > prospective, why waste your time on asp or php or anything > > like that, when you can simply make the BIGGEST BADDEST > > web apps in the world, with an easy to use tag based markup > > language. > > > Hrm, last time I check the biggest baddest web apps in the world weren't > written in CF. > > > i didnt ask the toyota dealer if he used craftsman tools to build my > > celica, i simply asked him if it worked, and when i turned > > the ignition on, it worked, i was pleased. > > > I don't think that is really a valid analogy. > > -Matt > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
