I agree with Dave, adding the null concept would not allow us to make applications we cannot make now. However adding flash remoting did and webservices did. I'd say MM does an extremely good job of picking what features to add, and which to outright ignore.
-Adam On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 15:16:29 -0500, Dave Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Who said anything about fixing? I'd like more functionality: > > > > I'd like to have <cftransaction> work across multiple > > databases. And allowed nested <cftransactions>. > > I'd like some other number type beside floating point. > > I'd like a concept of null type. > > I'd like to have CFCs have interfaces, constructors, > > overloaded methods, more obvious variable scoping. > > I'd like to have at least a collection CFC type. > > I'd like to have threads. > > I think that the problem with some of these is that you risk increasing CF's > complexity to the point where you might as well just use Java or ASP.NET. > CFML is typeless because HTML forms are typeless. CFML doesn't understand > null because it doesn't exist within HTML. I think that for the rest of > these things, if you're advanced enough to want to do them you can step > outside of CFML and write Java code to do these things. > > To the degree that these things could be added without sacrificing the > simplicity of CFML, I'd certainly agree with you. I'm just not sure if > that's possible, in which case I think these features would be detrimental > rather than helpful. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > phone: 202-797-5496 > fax: 202-797-5444 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:187456 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
