Monday, September 9, 2002, 12:53:28 PM, you wrote: >> Matt wrote: >> >> A CF programmer already should have an understanding >> of programming logic. Simply picking up another >> garbage collected language with lots of built-in >> functionality it only a matter of learning syntax. >> With C that is not the case. >> PM> I'm a little confused...
PM> Besides a deep appreciation for the garbage collector PM> and a badge that says I'm a real programmer what do I PM> gain by learning about all of the "nuts and bolts"? PM> Patrick I'm no expert here, but I believe part of the value is in the algorithm's, and the logic behind the magic that all of the nice built in CF functions hide from us. For instance all of the sorting functions, the actual algorithms aren't really complex, but I never would have understood the simple logic behind sorting an array if I didn't have to sort an array in a way CF wouldn't magically do for me. Think about it for a second, if you had an array, and didn't have arraySort(), how would you sort it? I'd bet a C guy would know in a second. Sorting is probably just a small example, but the understanding of how sorting works on a lower level than CF, would probably tell an experienced coder right off that arraySort() would be the wrong solution in a particular case, and they might know a much more efficient sorting algorithm to implement. -- jon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.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
