http://today.java.net/pub/a/today/2007/02/27/coldfusion-for-jsp-developers.html
On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 1:37 PM, CyberAngel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes Glassfish is an Application Server. > > Yes Servlets are java Classes that are intern are objects > > Yes Coldfusion is based and compiled to Java bytecode, But Coldfusion > (CFML) is not OO. That has been discussed to death already. > > > > Look I don't think people really are comprehending the role of Coldfusion, > and what it actually does. Coldfusion is a subset of libraries that are > packaged together to give a full feature set of tags. CFML the scripting > language allows us to write these scripts to return content, in a dynamic > way. > > > > Coldfusion takes a request from a server (Application Server), it decides > what object needs to be compiled to be given back to the Application Server. > But in this confusion, people are forgetting that Coldfusion is an > Application itself that sits on top of an Application Server. > > > > Thus it sits there accepts the request, does what it needs to do. Compile > or load an object, that the Application Server knows what to do with. Hence > why Coldfusion can't run without JRun, JBoss, Tomcat or whatever support > Application Server you run it on. > > > > Java is not an Application Server, But Coldfusion is compiled to java, it > is not compiled to machine code or C# or VB.net. Java itself is not an > Application Server, however the code can be used to write servlets that are > applications that run on the Application Server. > > > > I think if you actually look at how Coldfusion works, from the moment the > request is taken, when it is compiled and what it does you might see it a > little different. > > > > So by everyone's reckoning. DOS must be an Application Server, I can write > bat files that act like an Application that run under DOS. Bu DOS by > definition is a Disk Operating System. > > > > > > > > *From:* cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > Behalf Of *Patrick McGLYNN > *Sent:* Tuesday, 6 May 2008 1:26 PM > *To:* cfaussie@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* [cfaussie] Re: ColdFusion Isn't a Programming Language? > > > > 1) Glassfish is a application server. > > 2) Servlets are Java Class which intern are objects. > > 3) Java which coldfusion is made upon is a OO language. > > 4) Dynamic creation of an object using the "new" keyword creates a new > space in memory (specifically in the RAM heap). . . correct > > 5) new space in memory / class can be created upon runtime and served to a > webpage on the fly (thus the meaning of dynamic). > > > > Is there anything I missed? > > I mean that statement may have been worded incorrectly or something, but > in any case does not make any sense to me. > > > > Cheers Patrick McGLYNN > > > > On 06/05/2008, at 1:05 PM, CyberAngel wrote: > > > > compile and serve pages > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
