Thanks Vince. I know I debate hard but in truth the only thing I was worried about was the possibility of a language split and the weakening of CF because of it. Have you thought of placing some of the changes in BD into custom tags (CFX, COM, Class, etc.) for distribution?
> Other than the part about a "parser" (BlueDragon is much more than > that), I absolutely agree. Here's New Atlanta's position regarding the > CFML "standard": > > 1) There is only one CFML standard, which is defined by: (a) the > "specifications" as represented by Macromedia's published documentation > for CF5/CFMX; and, (b) the "reference implementations", that is, > CF5/CFMX. (Having said this, it should be noted that there are > discrepancies between the documentation and actual implementations, and > differences between the CF5 and CFMX implementations. Also, there are > certain well-known authors who tend to publish CFML examples that are at > odds with the documentation, but which happen to work on one or both of > the CF5/MX implementations; these examples tend to then assume > "pseudo-official" status among the CFML community. All of this makes > life very interesting when trying to implement a "compliant" CFML > server). > > 2) BlueDragon will attempt to fully implement the CFML standard as > defined, above. Where we are unable to exactly match the CF5/MX > implementation, we will: (a) clearly document the incompatibility as a > "limitation" of BlueDragon; (b) make sure the BlueDragon parser clearly > flags the incompatibility as a runtime error; and, (c) provide a > workaround that is compatible with CF5/MX (if possible). > > 3) Any CFML enhancements introduced by BlueDragon are proprietary and > are not part of the CFML standard, and will be clearly documented as > such. Of course, we will be delighted if/when Macromedia adopts any of > our enhancements as official parts of the CFML standard. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm
