now, now, raw postscript with Don Lancasters routines is where I first
really started programming, Give me an intelligent postscript printer to
talk to and I can give you my books!
So there are some of us who investigate the dustbunnies under the bed.
Re Java, having taught classes in same and bounced off the brick walls in
learning and still learning it. Unforgiving is putting it mildly. Java has
a very steep learning curve and the expense of writing programs in Java
requires a company with industrial strength backing and money pockets for a
Java project. You don't do it in a one or five man shop or for a small
business. Best tools for the requirement puts Java in the driver seat for
distributed applications, intranet applications and communications handling.
It's unwieldly and overkill for most web applications and web sites. Doing
the job faster and at a lower cost is the reason for CF and if done right it
scales to the point that a company will have the choice in the future to
convert to Java if the need arises. With that said my chosen direction is
CF, XML and Java, to become a master of those three and keep my eyes open.
Richard Kern
-----Original Message-----
From: McCollough, Alan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 10:11 AM
To: Fusebox
Subject: RE: Your Next Language
If "Neo" is going to write the Java for me, why would I bother learning it?
After all, CF pages in 4.5 are parsed into C++ (right?), and I haven't
bothered learning that, either.
As a developer, a solution provider if you will, I don't feel compelled to
learn every language that comes my way. Y'all own laser printers? Inkjet
printers? And what? None of you know how to write raw PCL or PostScript!
What savages!
Alan McCollough
Web Programmer
Allaire Certified ColdFusion Developer
Alaska Native Medical Center
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger B. [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 8:32 PM
> To: Fusebox
> Subject: RE: Your Next Language
>
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> And if you're fond of Allaire and their tech roadmap, learning Java would
> be
> a handy way of picking up a new skill whille buttressing the ones you
> already have.
>
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