What MS means by supported languages is that you can write .NET apps in a particular language.
You can't write CF apps using Java - you're writing a Java app (in the loosest sense of the word) that CF uses. Will CF, you write Java using CF. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, July 17, 2003 10:00 am Subject: Re: MSDN on CF -> ASP.net > Glancing over it, it's a little unfortunate (but not surprising, > this > *is* Microsoft) that they only mention CFML and CFScript for the > development languages, but roll out the "over 25 languages" bit > for > support of ASP.NET. I can write Java to support CF applications, > making > it most definitely a language to develop CF in. Taking into > account all > the languages that can be *compiled* into Java bytecode (such as > Jython, > but there are bytecode compilers for Lisp, Prolog, even Logo (!)), > and > you have a huge list. > > Of course, I'm preaching to the choir, but they missed a few > salient > points about CF that I, as a CF developer, would have included. > > - Jim > > Jesse Houwing wrote: > > >First it explains what both ASP.net and Coldfusion are and that > they share a > >similar background. A simpel feature comparison is used to show > how one can > >convert a Coldfusion Application to ASP.net. > > > >It contains a few errors, especially 'forgetting' to mention that > a lot of > >functionality is available in the standard JAVA API's which van > be directly > >accessed from coldfusion (Image support in ASP.net is also only > available>through teh .Net framework, the same applies to SAX XML > support and Threading). > > > >They conclude that ASP.net is more reliable, faster scaling > better etc. etc. > >without showing any figures ro numbers. > > > >Read it for yourself: > > > >http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en- > us/dnaspp/html/coldfusiontoaspnet.asp> > >Jesse > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
