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Not sure why anyone would vote this backhanded comment up.

by hackernews 17y ago

noodle 17y ago
odds are because they've developed stuff with ColdFusion before.
- rbanffy 17y ago
  Or had to keep a heavily used CF server running... By around 97, we (at UOL, a major ISP/portal in Brazil) had to develop a small program that automatically restarted it when cfserver (IIRC) locked up. During peak hours, it had to be restarted every minute or so. By 98, all applications were migrated to saner platforms.
  - lurkinggrue 17y ago
    Sighs I still have to support CF. Beats head against desk
    - rbanffy 17y ago
      I am deeply sorry.
RevRal 17y ago
I upvoted it because it was my exact sentiment. When I saw the submission title, I thought "oh no." And then I felt relief that it was not about the CF platform. Coldfusion was pretty bad when it was first introduced, and it hasn't improved much. I've been dodging it for years, but some of my friends haven't been so lucky. Each of them hates it, and one had even quit his job because his employer didn't want to give it up. Yes, I would be sad if CF became "mainstream" again and I had to learn it. If I recall correctly, everyone needed ColdFusion when it was first introduced, and it is only barely alive due to that initial boom.
- erlanger 17y ago
  Few things are as ugly as <cfswitch expression="expr"> <cfcase value="val"> ...
  - hackernews 17y ago
    Isn't there a cfscript equivalent that is more pleasing to the eye? Something like: switch (expr) { case "val"....
  - elai 17y ago
    look at jsp!
- JimBastard 17y ago
  CF was one of the nicer programming languages I've ever worked with. Circa 2002-2005 there wasn't anything close to a better alternative. The down-fall of CF was Rails since Rails is open-source, huge community, is free, and powered by Ruby. CF was closed sourced, small community, and powered by Java. Yuck.
  - ryanwaggoner 17y ago
    Umm..seriously? PHP? Python? 2005 wasn't that long ago.
    - rbanffy 17y ago
      I wonder what the poor guy had to work with...
      - JimBastard 17y ago
        Yeah there were a ton of awesome PHP frameworks and Python web frameworks in 2002. :-(
        rbanffy 17y ago
maxharris 17y ago
Normally, I don't like backhanded comments. But Adobe's recent products (post Macromedia merger) are so bad that it's OK to jab at them (because it's true!)

Not sure why anyone would vote this backhanded comment up.

noodle 17y ago

odds are because they've developed stuff with ColdFusion before.

rbanffy 17y ago
Or had to keep a heavily used CF server running... By around 97, we (at UOL, a major ISP/portal in Brazil) had to develop a small program that automatically restarted it when cfserver (IIRC) locked up. During peak hours, it had to be restarted every minute or so. By 98, all applications were migrated to saner platforms.
- lurkinggrue 17y ago
  Sighs I still have to support CF. Beats head against desk
  - rbanffy 17y ago
    I am deeply sorry.

RevRal 17y ago

I upvoted it because it was my exact sentiment. When I saw the submission title, I thought "oh no." And then I felt relief that it was not about the CF platform. Coldfusion was pretty bad when it was first introduced, and it hasn't improved much. I've been dodging it for years, but some of my friends haven't been so lucky. Each of them hates it, and one had even quit his job because his employer didn't want to give it up. Yes, I would be sad if CF became "mainstream" again and I had to learn it. If I recall correctly, everyone needed ColdFusion when it was first introduced, and it is only barely alive due to that initial boom.

erlanger 17y ago
Few things are as ugly as <cfswitch expression="expr"> <cfcase value="val"> ...
- hackernews 17y ago
  Isn't there a cfscript equivalent that is more pleasing to the eye? Something like: switch (expr) { case "val"....
- elai 17y ago
  look at jsp!
JimBastard 17y ago
CF was one of the nicer programming languages I've ever worked with. Circa 2002-2005 there wasn't anything close to a better alternative. The down-fall of CF was Rails since Rails is open-source, huge community, is free, and powered by Ruby. CF was closed sourced, small community, and powered by Java. Yuck.
- ryanwaggoner 17y ago
  Umm..seriously? PHP? Python? 2005 wasn't that long ago.
  - rbanffy 17y ago
    I wonder what the poor guy had to work with...
    - JimBastard 17y ago
      Yeah there were a ton of awesome PHP frameworks and Python web frameworks in 2002. :-(
      - rbanffy 17y ago

maxharris 17y ago

Normally, I don't like backhanded comments. But Adobe's recent products (post Macromedia merger) are so bad that it's OK to jab at them (because it's true!)