Both CF and ASP are script based (also known as "page based" which I assume
is what he means by "template based").
The difference is that ASP does less out of the box, and so COM objects are
used for any and all extensions. CF does you the favor of including lots of
those extensions (like SMTP, POP, HTTP, FTP, and LDAP support) right in the
package, so you don't need to call external objects. But you can indeed do
so, and often should.
Truth is, from a functional perspective, CF and ASP are very similar. Both
are implemented as ISAPI extensions, both are page preprocessors, and both
are script driven.
--- Ben
-----Original Message-----
From: Earl, George [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 8:17 AM
To: 'Listserv, Cold Fusion'
Subject: CF is 'template based' and ASP is 'object based'?
An instructor was speaking to a group of our managers and he explained the
difference between CF and ASP as CF is 'template based' and ASP is 'object
based', therefore he prefers ASP because it is more sophisticated (and
because he has used it more). What exactly could he have meant by this?
Isn't ASP 'template based'? Aren't CF custom tags 'objects' in the sense
that he was referring to ASP's objects? And can't CF call the very same
objects that ASP calls? Did this instructor pass along misinformation or is
he just confused or am I confused? We are on the cusp of making a decision
to go with either CF or ASP and there's lots of hand wringing going on
around here . . . Thanks!
George
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