On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 5:42 PM, Dave Watts wrote: ... > This is basically the argument for COBOL, and look how that turned > out. If you want to be a competent programmer, right now, you need to > understand pretty well how computers work. That may not be the case in > the future, but it is right now. CF hides a lot of the complexity of > computers, but it can't hide all of the complexity. This is why, in my > opinion, many CF programmers who don't have this deeper understanding > write programs that fail as their scope, complexity or usage grow > significantly.
How did it turn out? It's not clear, but are you dissing COBOL? More of a FORTRAN guy, eh? ;-) :Den -- The whole object of the Prophets and the Sages was to declare that a limit is set to human reason where it must halt. Maimonides ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:335195 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
