> But you point out one of the problems I've run into as someone who doesn't
> have a traditional programming background. For me, a lot of the hurdles I
> had to overcome arose from my ignorance of common terms of art within the
> programming field, among other things. As a result, I tend to emphasize
> the use of these terms when discussing programming topics with CF 
> developers, who often come from a similar background as I do.

Amen to this. I've historically had the same problem. It's amazing how
difficult it can be to find the solution to a problem if you don't know the
correct terms.

Not too long ago, I was helping to port an application from ASP/IIS/Windows
(an environment I'm very familiar with) to Java/J2EE/Unix (one I wasn't too
familiar with). I always considered myself a good researcher and problem
solver. However, I had an impossible time trying to find answers to
seemingly simple problems.

I think that, for the most part, I was asking the right questions in the
wrong way. As an example, I would search for information about "services"
instead of "daemons" and find very little information. It was very, very
frustrating.

Ben Rogers
http://www.c4.net
v.508.240.0051
f.508.240.0057

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