No Adam, the compiled version is Java. Same as both Java and .Net compile down to a bytecode that is interpreted at the machine language level, which makes machine code not .Net or Java either :P
Regards, Andrew Scott WebSite: http://www.andyscott.id.au/ Google+: http://plus.google.com/113032480415921517411 On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 12:15 PM, Adam Cameron < adamcameroncoldfus...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Well that's fine (and, yes, that's how you do the deployment). But a > language is what you type in to the IDE or text editor, not what it > compiles down to, or that one deploys. Java byte code is no more Java than > CFML is, for that matter. > > CFML is not Java. Java is Java. > > A better defence of CFML's Javaness would be to point out that one can > instantiate Java classes and call methods upon them natively in CFML, but > this still doesn't make CFML Java. Plus - on reflection - one can also do > the same with .NET classes/objects I think and no-one is suggesting CFML is > C#...? > > CFML is a cool language, but it's dead. The former does not preclude the > latter. > > -- > Adam > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:354963 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
