From: Michael Dinowitz <mdinowit@...2000.com>
Date: 2001-05-23T06:56:12+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:15563] Re: ColdFusion for Ruby

The first reply I got suggested such a clone. That's what I'm going to
'play' with. As for need? There isn't any. This is totally being done as an
experiment to extend the possibilities for people who have invested a lot of
time in CF syntax skills. On the other hand, if there ever is such a need
then ruby would become the migration language of choice. Whatever happens,
the CF community wins.

> I'm not sure I understand how you're proposing to mix CF syntax and Ruby
> syntax - CF is a tag based language, Ruby is not.  Integrating them would
> be messy.  On the other hand, a CF clone implemented in Ruby and
> extensible with Ruby would be extremely straightforward; I wrote such a
> thing in Objective-C a while ago to good effect, and Ruby would be even
> easier. Is there much need for this (ie, are CF people looking for
> something to migrate to, and would being extensible in Ruby be seen as a
> benefit?)
>