CF 5.0 and misc questions...

2000-07-19 Thread Xing Li
Anyone here knows the timetable for CF 5.0? As for the pharoh engine, is it going to compile CFML straight to java bytecode or it it gonna translate it to JSP as show in the tech roadmap pdf? On to misc questions. =) 1) Has anyone gotten or know the meaning behind "Pure virtual function call

RE: CF 5.0 and misc questions...

2000-07-19 Thread Dave Watts
Anyone here knows the timetable for CF 5.0? As for the pharoh engine, is it going to compile CFML straight to java bytecode or it it gonna translate it to JSP as show in the tech roadmap pdf? I don't think anyone knows yet. I'd guess that the Java-based engine will treat CFML scripts the

RE: CF 5.0 and misc questions...

2000-07-19 Thread Nicklas af Ekenstam
Dave Watts: snip Remember, CF is designed to do one thing, and one thing only - generate HTTP response data. If you want to do something else, like run programs at arbitrary times, you can do it in CF, but it's a kludge, and you might be better off using another tool for that task. That's about

Re: CF 5.0 and misc questions...

2000-07-19 Thread Erki Esken
I don't think anyone knows yet. I'd guess that the Java-based engine will treat CFML scripts the same way it would treat JSP scripts; JSP scripts get converted to servlets and "compiled" into bytecode when they're requested the first time. Does anyone know how JRun's CF_Anywhere works?

Re: CF 5.0 and misc questions...

2000-07-19 Thread Justin MacCarthy
My advice to you is to work with what you have, without expecting the 5.0 release to solve all your problems. Remember, CF is designed to do one thing, and one thing only - generate HTTP response data. If you want to do something else, like run programs at arbitrary times, you can do it in