> > > i don't know if that's entirely correct. is ASP more > > > efficient at creating/manipulating objects than CF? that's > > > all the calls do, at the base level. > > > > In general, it's certainly easier to work with COM interfaces > > in ASP compared to CF, with all the clunkiness in CFOBJECT. > > i agree. asp is designed as a COM wrapper. > > however, i wasn't asking ease of coding. i was asking > efficiency of the scripting engine in regards to > instantiating/manipulating objects. > > i'd lean toward ASP being more effient in that regard, as > well (after all, it was designed to do that). i was just > asking if anyone had empirical evidence.
Well, I don't know if you can really pry the two apart entirely. I don't think that CF necessarily marshals objects any worse than ASP does, once those objects have been instantiated, although the fact that one of the features of CF 5 was "better handling of COM object threading issues" gives me pause. However, if in the process of navigating an object hierarchy I have to create two references instead of just one, I'd guess that this is less efficient. If I can't take advantage of all that MTS/COM+ provides to ASP (such as the ability to mark an ASP script as "transactional" for MTS purposes), that's probably less efficient. If I can only work with variant datatypes because of CF's lazy typing, that's probably less efficient too. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
