And how many times in the last 8 years have I programmed in coldfusion and tried this:-
<cfset myVariable++ /> I so miss the fact that at times CF makes me type more than I really want to, or even need too :-) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pat Branley Sent: Tuesday, 7 December 2004 9:40 AM To: CFAussie Mailing List Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Enhancing CFSCRIPT (was: Using IIF i dunno if you can use mathematics as a basis for your argument. consider this x = x + 1 mathematically it makes absolutely no sense since there is an inequality problem. what you are really saying *mathematically* is: x' = x + 1 Ive seen a few Computer Science text books that dont like the x = x + 1 syntax and write it as x <- x + 1 I learned programming first in Basic & then java at uni. when i first came to work with CF i found the whole GTE thing really annoying, but now i acutally find it quite good. If cfscript was made ECMA compliant, how would the tag-based operators work ? <cfif x > y > </cfif> ?? im sure that isnt valid xml. Pat Adam Cameron wrote: >>folks >>coming from stuff like Algol 60, ADL, ABAP, BLISS or any number of > > > Congrats, Sean. You can rattle off a list of moderately-obscure to > very-obscure programming languages. And it's a mighty fine strawman. > > Are you seriously expecting us to believe people who might be coding in > those languages either never did maths at school, or have never used other > languages which use the standard operators? > > > >>http://99-bottles-of-beer.net/ > > > Interesting reading. > > >>>It's not snobbery mate. What did you learn in grade school... ">=" or >>>"GTE"? What the *hell* does "GTE" mean to anyone other than CF developers? >> >>See above. Lots of people learned languages that use GTE or something >>very similar. > > > Per head of people coding in the world today... which is going to be more > familiar to people: <= or "LTE"? > > How many people who cut their teeth on Algol 60, ADL, ABAP, BLISS (etc) are > going to be diving into the CF arena any time soon? > > I think your argument kinda works more in my favour than yours, to be > honest. > --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/ --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/
