I am sure others will jump in here, but as far as I can tell there are only 2 reasons to use <CFSCRIPT>:
1) For some operations the syntax is cleaner, for example, if you need to set 20 CF variables - the simple name=value; syntax is cleaner than using lots of <CFSET> tags. 2) If you need to port code (maybe functions) between languages - maybe CF and ActionScript or JavaScript, then the similarities make that task easier (although <CFSCRIPT> is *not* syntactically the same as those languages). --- Ben -----Original Message----- From: Tony Weeg [mailto:tony@;navtrak.net] Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 4:29 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: cfscript performance (was cfscript book) it certainly helps....thanks for the info....although I am sure there will be a flood of opinions on this, so that's really why I started the thread.... should any of us who don't already know, bother learning that way of coding for cf? .tony Tony Weeg Senior Web Developer Information System Design Navtrak, Inc. Fleet Management Solutions www.navtrak.net 410.548.2337 -----Original Message----- From: Fitch, Tyler [mailto:tfitch@;isitedesign.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 4:21 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: cfscript performance (was cfscript book) Tony, Pre CFMX using a block of cfscript to set some variables or perform most tasks would give you an increase in performance. Now with MX if you have a block of cfscript and set 10 variables compared to 10 <cfset> tags the only difference would be the white space between the <cfset> tags. HTH, t ********************************************************************** Tyler M. Fitch Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer http://isitedesign.com ********************************************************************** -----Original Message----- From: Tony Weeg [mailto:tony@;navtrak.net] Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 12:57 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: cfscript book now I am asking all of these questions, is cfscript really that good to use? or could I go all day long using cftags and never see much performance difference.... tony Tony Weeg Senior Web Developer Information System Design Navtrak, Inc. Fleet Management Solutions www.navtrak.net 410.548.2337 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm
