Hey Gary - ECMA compliance will break existing cfscript & MM/Adobe won't break backward compatibility in CF.
- I doubt very much whether writing/implementing a language/syntax and all the stuff that goes with it could ever be called an easy thing to do. Maybe your definition of easy is a little different to mine. People often forget that CF is geared towards entry level web development - "make pdf's and reports in 5 minutes" is the sweet spot for CF - not proper OO, or more elegant/advanced language features. Look at CF7, which I consider the first "real version" since about CF4 (the other versions where just steps in the long migration to java) - all the new features are geared towards entry level, "impress your boss" type stuff. The market beyond this is very crowded (java, .net, etc...) - why would mm go in there and try to compete with that. They have listened to people like us saying they want more true oo, etc.. and so they gave us native java support. MM/Adobe see Flash & Flex are the areas where they can throw a lot of budget and expect returns because they are alone in their market, there is no direct competition. If they can expand this market by convincing J2EE and Mobile people that Flash is right for the UI - they are all along and have the chance to cash in big time. CF is in a very different place to this - MM/Adobe will continue to support it as long as it turns a profit, but I don't think they really see it as a game changer for them so they are not about to pour heaps of resources into ramping it up. I'd expect a whole lot more Flex/PDF integration in the next CF. Maybe some token geeky stuff like interfaces, but not much more. There is no way you are going to see the type of effort go into the CF language that you have seen in AS over the past few years. I wouldn't hold your breath for any significant change of direction here. -- Mark Stanton Gruden Pty Ltd http://www.gruden.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
