>> The choice of "is" and "is not" for ColdFusion was made >> for >> the sake of making the language easier to read for >> English >> speakers. (Yes I know not everybody speaks english.) I >> assume >> they picked up on the fact that the average person finds >> C >> style operators a tad cryptic and chose to use something >> that >> would be a little less cryptic (at least for Englishs >> peakers), hence "is", "is not", gt, gte, lt and lte -- >> I'm >> not sure how eq and neq came about specifcially.
> I believe that this is speculation on your part. My theory > is that they used > English language operators because angle brackets would > increase the > difficulty of parsing CFIF statements. I think that, had > this not been an > issue, more traditional operators would have been used. > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ Okay I'll buy that. So there are 2 theories about it. :) s. isaac dealey 434.293.6201 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.fusiontap.com http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:237564 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=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
