Hi all, In the past I've been piggy backing on Excel via COM in order to do some calculations as ColdFusion isn't the best of tools for performing mathematical routines. Now, this is not ideal either as it requires Excel to be installed on the server and takes up valuable processing time.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to any good languages suited for mathematical processing? Preferably with the ability to connect or extract results easily. I've heard that Java isn't really suited for mathematical work either [1]. Perhaps C++ would do the job? I want to avoid COM at this stage considering: a) CFMX doesnt work too well with COM now; b) COM is becoming an obsolete technology with MS pushing .Net and web services instead. TIA, Dave [1] I was told by a friend studying for his MSc Comp Sci. so I could be completely wrong in my presumptions about Java being unsuited for mathematical work. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
