> S. Isaac Dealey wrote:
>> I've never been bothered by having to type <cfwhatever>
>> -- to me it
> actually
>> feels cleaner than <% block of script %> or actually not
>> having to
>> constantly try and shoe-horn html or xhtml into something
>> like
>> writeoutput('<a href="myurl">'); ime usually means less
>> typing and cleaner
>> code.> I definitely have to concur here. Strangely though, I > find > <CFSCRIPT> > foo > </CFSCRIPT> > easier on the eyes than > <% > foo > %> That's my feeling also -- though I think that's largely a personal quirk -- what's easier on the eyes is probably largely a matter of brain chemistry and the like. But then why does CF use # to denote variables also, instead of something like PERL or other languages that use things like $mystring -- I'm odly suspect that it had a lot to do with thinking that it would be easier to see the variable in a block of code like <tr><td>#mycolumn#</td></tr> Than <tr><td>$mycolumn</td></tr> At least, the first stands out more to me. Anyone else? >> My own personal gripe ( and I'll admit, it's petty as >> hell ) is the way >> people use the abbreviation in their naming and marketing >> of every little >> damn thing -- just like the Java programmers and all >> their coffee-related >> names and jokes. >> >> I mean honestly -- come on guys, it was cute and it was >> funny the first >> 50mil times I heard it, but it's old. Let it DIE! > Cute or otherwise, it's IMO a valid marketing ploy. It > helps to tie the > product/site/whatever to its technology/user > base/whatever. I certainly > prefer names like "CF_foo" (House of Foosion?) to "Foo++ > Gold Anniversary > Edition." The latter name is of no use whatsoever. I disagree that this is really useful, but I'll leave it at that. "Foo++ Gold Aniversary Edition" would probably have the same sort of use in marketing if you were selling a product directly related to something marketed toward C++ programmers called Foo ... Which is roughly equivalent of marketing something to cf programmers with cf_gold ... cf_anything is completely meaningless to anyone who's not a cf programmer, just as Foo++ would be meaningless to people not familiar with C++. Isaac Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer www.turnkey.to 954-776-0046 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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
