Jul 13 2007
ColdFusion is Alive and Well, Thank You
There seems to be some debate over whether the ColdFusion programming language is dead or dying. There was this joke of an article on ComputerWorld. And now a friend just forwarded me a link to a SoftwareDeveloper.com article (you can find the article on your own – I don’t want to drive traffic to that site through a link) that lists ColdFusion as a language that “never took off”. It’s interesting to note that ColdFusion is listed right along side languages like brainfuck and Befunge, which I’m pretty sure did not take off. It’s even more interesting that there is no author listed or any way to comment or provide feedback on the article. If there were, I’d be giving the author the what-for-to.
Seriously? WTF? Who are these people that are so out of touch with reality that they call ColdFusion a dead language? CF just celebrated it’s 12th birthday, for Christ’s sake. Adobe is just about to release version 8 of the language. Dice.com lists 14 ColdFusion jobs in my area. There is no “dead” or “dying in “ColdFusion”.
ColdFusion certainly doesn’t have the support or community of other languages like Java, .NET, or even PHP, but the reality is that there is plenty of support for the language and it is NOT DEAD.
Sheesh.