Sure... but the same could be said about ANY programming language. I certainly don't believe ColdFusion is the ultimate solution for EVERY job, just like I don't use a pipe wrench when I really need a hammer. UNLESS the pipe wrench will fix my problem faster than it would take me to get up, go to the garage, and get the hammer. :-)
-Novak ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Liotta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 5:56 PM Subject: RE: CF vs. ASP > Well that is just what I was getting at. It is nice that CF has all this > wrapped up functionality, but it comes at a price. That price is > control. Sure there is usually a way to get it to do what you want, but > that generally takes longer than it would have, had you just used a 3rd > party library to begin with. > > Matt Liotta > President & CEO > Montara Software, Inc. > http://www.montarasoftware.com/ > V: 415-577-8070 > F: 415-341-8906 > P: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 5:41 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Re: CF vs. ASP > > > > Perhaps this is a really loaded question... but what is it that you > want > > it > > to do? I have experienced issues with CF not doing things they way > I'd > > like/expect it to... but rarely do I come across a problem that can't > be > > solved in *some* way. > > > > -Novak > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jochem van Dieten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 5:18 PM > > Subject: Re: CF vs. ASP > > > > > > > Matt Liotta wrote: > > > > > > > > I am not disagreeing that CF is faster to develop in. I am simply > > > > pointing out that it is not because one particular feature takes > less > > > > lines to code in CF than another language. I suspect that just as > much > > > > time is spent in another language learning an email library's API > as > > is > > > > wasted by CFers trying to figure why cfmail doesn't do what it is > > > > supposed to. > > > > > > Worse. First I waste much time figuring out what CF does, then I > learn > > > something else because CF doesn't do what I want it to do. > > > > > > Jochem > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
