Are you saying that Ruby (and hence RoR) is a strictly typed language? That's enough to turn me off right there...
> -----Original Message----- > From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 11:35 AM > > I thought that same way until I really got into creating some > applications > with it. To me it's unbelievable how much stuff is available in that > framework. I think where most people get hung up is on > comparing Rails to > CF. Rails is a framework that provides a lot of > functionality for you. > Ruby, the underlying language would be the comparison to CF. > In my opinion, > Ruby comes out stronger because it's not only a web app language, it's > available straight from the command prompt if you like. > Plus, it's not > stuck in the middle like CF is, in that CF is a loosely typed > language built > on top of a strictly typed language which causes some pain. > Ruby is built > ground up as an object language for which each object has > standard methods > of to_i, to_s, etc. [INFO] -- Access Manager: This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you received this transmission in error, please immediately contact the sender and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. A2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:238199 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
