>Here's some ammunition: http://www.tiobe.com/index.htm?tiobe_index > >That link ranks the most used programming languages in the world. Notice the >9 green arrows next to CF! Moven' on up... > >Cheers, >Baz
That Tiobe page explains the rankings as follows: "The ratings are based on the world-wide availability of skilled engineers, courses and third party vendors. The popular search engines Google, MSN, and Yahoo! are used to calculate the ratings. Observe that the TPC index is not about the best programming language or the language in which most lines of code have been written." In my view, the "availability of skilled engineers, courses, and third-party vendors" may say more about how complicated (or old) a language is than about its strategic value or market penetration. Ruby doesn't show up at all on this list. Why? Partly because it's a newer language. But probably also because the elegance of the Ruby on Rails framework renders courses and third-party vendors less important. The same could be said for CFML. So while there is certainly some value in the Tiobe ranking, for most organizations I'm not sure it's that useful in evaluating the strategic advantages of a web programming solution. A strong case can be made for CFML though. One such case I came across recently: http://www.hotbanana.com/products/hot-banana-technology/why-coldfusion-mx/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:230601 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
