Phillip, Just curious - what about the original post started you thinking about loop execution times?
Jaime > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Phillip > Senn > Sent: Friday, 6 April 2007 11:25 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [CFCDEV] Class methods part I - what's a static method? > > > I'm going to talk about the elephant in the middle of this conversation. > With computers, speed is everything. > Are there any time studies between dynamic languages and static ones? > If the speed of ColdFusion is about the same as java, then we can talk > about the subtle differences between the languages. But if they're > miles apart, then we're talking miles vs. kilometers (to keep with the > same metaphor). > > > I'd like to see an average elapsed time for > <cfloop from="1" to="1000000" Index="I"> > </cfloop> > > And > > FOR I=1 TO 1000000 > NEXT I > > And > (Insert C# code here) > > And > (Insert java code here) > > And > (Insert .Net code here) > > I know, I know.... > Different machines and different Operating Systems report different > results. > Your mileage may vary. Yada Yada Yada. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jaime > Metcher > Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 5:31 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [CFCDEV] Class methods part I - what's a static method? > > Just listening to Helms and Peters Out Loud podcast on the CF 8 wishlist > - > probably old news for everyone, but made me think. There was a lot of > stuff > about ColdFusion isn't Java, we don't need interfaces etc., with which I > totally agree. > > The thing that made me think was this statement - "Smalltalk doesn't > have > static methods, neither does Ruby". The implication being that static > methods are just another Java thing that doesn't apply to dynamic > languages. > > Am I missing some crucial distinction between static methods and class > methods? I don't know Java well enough to be sure, but the Ruby docs > actually state that they are equivalent. I don't know Ruby, but can > anyone > imagine Smalltalk without class methods and variables? > > Jaime Metcher > > > > > You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, please follow the > instructions at http://www.cfczone.org/listserv.cfm > > CFCDev is supported by: > Katapult Media, Inc. > We are cool code geeks looking for fun projects to rock! > www.katapultmedia.com > > An archive of the CFCDev list is available at > www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > > You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, please follow the > instructions at http://www.cfczone.org/listserv.cfm > > CFCDev is supported by: > Katapult Media, Inc. > We are cool code geeks looking for fun projects to rock! > www.katapultmedia.com > > An archive of the CFCDev list is available at > www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, please follow the instructions at http://www.cfczone.org/listserv.cfm CFCDev is supported by: Katapult Media, Inc. We are cool code geeks looking for fun projects to rock! www.katapultmedia.com An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
