As a rule I try not to get involved in this particular discussion, but I
feel compelled to say that Kevin has hit the nail on the head.
Good CF code will scale well, but CF code won't. Same is true for any
language and platform - I have seen great ASP code, great Perl code, and
great JSP code - I have also seen really bad ASP code, really bad Perl code,
and really bad JSP code.
Bottom line (and I have said this before), ColdFusion is a tool, it depends
on how you use it (and how you opt not to use it).
--- Ben
PS Go to www.forta.com/cf/resources, there are links there to a few CFDJ
columns I wrote on just this subject.
-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 12:03 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: ASP or Coldfusion?
I have to disagree there are alot of sites that are very large and handle
more than 100K plus hits a week running Cold Fusion. I think, as stated in
another reply earlier, it depends on who the developer is. Junk code won't
scale while good code will. Take that however you want.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Geoffrey V. Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 9:45 AM
Subject: RE: ASP or Coldfusion?
>
> Hi,
> I'll offer my opinion, as I'm facing the same thing. I have a site that
is
> going to be massive. Cold Fusion simply could not hold up to the load,
and
> crashed repeatedly. The site is about 99% data driven, so there is a lot
of
> data access going on. I am now developing this site in ASP, and it seems
> far more stable. We are generally getting 100k+ hits a week on this site.
>
> After seeing many large projects fail with cold fusion, I'd recommend
trying
> other options before going the CF route on a large project. Note, I am a
> die hard CF developer, I feel that CF is good for smaller sites, less
hits,
> and allows for a faster development time than ASP... but it just doesn't
> hold up on larger projects.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dean Alexandrou [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 10:01 AM
> > To: CF-Talk
> > Subject: ASP or Coldfusion?
> >
> >
> > I am not sure what tool to use to develop quite a major site. I have
heard
> > that while coldfusion is good for small sites, ASP is more
> > robust, and would
> > cope better with a large site that has to deal with a few thousand hits
a
> > week.
> >
> >
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