Suprised nobody has piped up... You may want to check out Macromedia's site to get more info (www.macromedia.com/coldfusion). In a nutshell, it's middleware, like PHP, ASP, etc. The biggest advantage is the tag based language, which makes production faster than most scripting languages.
That brings up a thought... I've heard the argument that CF isn't a "real" solution because it's tag-based, rather than script-based. So... what about XML? Is it not a "real" solution? Hmmm... -Brad > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 10:39 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: CF clarification > > > What is cold fusion exactly? Why use it if you already have an XSLT > processor and say Tomcat running on apache? What is it's advantages over > just running Java or PHP on apache? > > Thanks for your input! > > /T > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
