If you're going to be supporting the JSP equivalents, why add the new tags? The concern I was referring to was that the core language may develop down different paths. This, for example, could lead to new developers writing code on BlueDragon will learn to use the tags and will be somewhat stymied when/if they ever have to move to a Macromedia product.
Again, I applaud the idea behind the tags, and I hope that MM introduces them, at some point, into their app server. I also applaud the idea behind a product like BD. It's just that, having had to suffer through the browser wars and having to learn and write code that's not cross-platform, I'm a bit apprehensive about the introduction of vendor-specific tags to CFML. Eh... but what do I know? I'm kind of apprehensive about mixing JSP and CFML in the same file too (I hate having to slog through sloppy code, and this just seems to be asking for it). Anyway, just my $0.02. -- Mosh Teitelbaum evoch, LLC Tel: (301) 625-9191 Fax: (301) 933-3651 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.evoch.com/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Vince Bonfanti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 5:05 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: BlueDragon (was RE: How is CFMX J2EE implemented?) > > > Yep, understood. That's why we're also planning to support the > GetPageContext() function (though not in the service pack). We're > hopeful that if we introduce anything that's truly useful in the way of > new tags or functions that Macromedia will choose to implement them in > CFMX. > > Here's an thought: do you have an idea for a favorite new CFML tag or > function, but your request has fallen on deaf ears? Let me know what it > is and I'll see if we can get it implemented in BlueDragon. That might > give Macromedia some incentive to also implement it in ColdFusion. > > Vince Bonfanti > New Atlanta Communications, LLC > http://www.newatlanta.com > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mosh Teitelbaum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 4:47 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: BlueDragon (was RE: How is CFMX J2EE implemented?) > > > > > > Not that I think the idea behind the newly introduced tags > > are bad (in fact, quite the opposite) but I'm kind of > > surprised that you're introducing new tags at all. I realize > > that your intent with Bluedragon is probably not to be > > "cross-platform" compatible (backwards compatible?) with > > Macromedia's product, but this "splitting," if you will, of > > the CFML language kind of worries me. Kind of like the early > > M$ vs. Netscape days when each company would introduce their > > own variants of HTML. > > > > -- > > Mosh Teitelbaum > > evoch, LLC > > Tel: (301) 625-9191 > > Fax: (301) 933-3651 > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > WWW: http://www.evoch.com/ > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq 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
