Hmmm...not sure what you mean. If you mean "developement speed" - yes, CF has always had the edge this way. If you need to knock out a quick database-driven site for some intranet/Internet project, CF rocks. Cannot beat it for speed of coding.
If you mean (as you sort of allude to) speed of the application, I think that PHP is faster (to parse/compile etc) than CF. Especially on Linux, where CF is actually faster than it is on Windows (at least, this was the case with v5. Anyone know about v6 Linux vs. Windows?) Supported platforms: Uh, PHP runs everywhere. And it's free. PHP supports class construction etc....the code is just as reusable as CF (I think more so, but that's me..) Don't get me wrong; I mainly work in CF, but PHP has a lot to offer. And much as Linux was initially shunned by companies except for "stealth" projects (because there is no shrink-wrapped software), PHP is beginning to creap into more enterprise-type systems in an overt instead of covert manner. The Netcraft posting was just interesting, because PHP is mainly considered a *NIX product; it was interesting to see the increase in Windows PHP use. This makes sense in the "MS has a desktop monopoly" way: Everyone (in this group) has a home computer; even here in tech land, most folks' primary computer is a Windoze box (mine is). May have Linux as well (I have a couple), but the primary box is sometimes the way better (faster box). So install PHP and play on Windows... >One thing has not changed as far as PHP vs. CF > >1. CF and especially CFMX is MUCH faster than PHP > >Additionally, while PHP is open source, and CF is not - when one considers the >total cost of development, CF will come out ahead. Faster development time, >reusable code, supported platforms and pure speed will keep CF in competition. > >====================================== >Stop spam on your domain, use our gateway! >For hosting solutions http://www.clickdoug.com >Featuring Win2003 Enterprise, RedHat Linux, CFMX 6.1 and all databases. >ISP rated: http://www.forta.com/cf/isp/isp.cfm?isp_id=772 >Suggested corporate Anti-virus policy: http://www.dshield.org/antivirus.pdf >====================================== >If you are not satisfied with my service, my job isn't done! > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Matt Liotta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 12:08 PM >Subject: Re: CF usage growing or shrinking? (was DWMX 2004 - Whats new for us? ) > > >| > Basically, it states that PHP - normally thought of as a LAMP product >| > - is growing very quickly on Windows, and - if the current rate keeps >| > up - will overtake CF as the second most popular Windows scripting >| > language (behind ASP, of course) sometime next year. >| > >| > While Netcraft doesn't troll corporate intranets and such (where I >| > believe CF has good foothold), it still doesn't bode well for CF in >| > general. >| > >| As much as I would like to use Netcraft's statistics as reason for >| people to consider Apache over IIS, I don't believe their statistics >| matter much to mid-size and larger companies. I say this because while >| it is clear that Apache is the most widely deployed web server across >| the Internet, I believe IIS is the most widely deployed web server >| across mid-size and larger companies. That is not to say that Apache >| doesn't have a large market share for these companies, but it is an >| important point to ponder. In the case of PHP, there is no doubt that >| PHP is widely used across the Internet, but I believe its usage is very >| small in mid-size and larger companies. >| >| Matt Liotta >| President & CEO >| Montara Software, Inc. >| http://www.MontaraSoftware.com >| (888) 408-0900 x901 >| >| >| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 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
