Why ColdFusion

[savantcreative]

Why do so many programmers dislike ColdFusion? I don't understand.
Thank you.

[Newsgroup_User]

savantcreative wrote:
> Why do so many programmers dislike ColdFusion? I don't understand.
> Thank you.

Some people are very defensive about their programming language of
choice combined with a competitive attitude of 'for my language to *win*
then all others must *loose*'.

There are legitimate differences between languages and sometimes those
differences matter. But often it is just personal choice and the world
takes all kinds.

[tclaremont]

The only people I know who do not like it are the very same people who do not know it, or attempt to use it for projects it is not well suited for. There is a time and a place for CF. If you are naive enough to attempt to use it outside of its designed areas you are bound to experience frustration.

Once you weed though the posturing, it usually comes down to the fact that very few programmers want a language that they do NOT know to become popular. Obviously, this stems from insecurity, or the fact that many programmers feel compelled to learn the hottest language. If someone already thinks they know the current hot language, they are loathe to see another lanugage attempt to take that spot, however inevitable it may be.

[savantcreative]

Thanks for your response, tclaremon. What would you say that ColdFusion is not well-sited for?

Thank you-

[Newsgroup_User]

savantcreative wrote:
> Thanks for your response, tclaremon. What would you say that ColdFusion is not well-sited for?
>
> Thank you-

For one thing, I would not try to write a device controller with CFML! :-)