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angelseye wrote:What about asynchronous processing? I worked on a project using CFMX7 where we were able to run 10 threads at once behind the scenes to process information that didn't involve the user (like connecting to phone systems and sending out automated phone calls even after the user has finished their message and closed their browser).
This comment gets to the core of why you might choose one system over another . These system solve problems in slightly different ways. If you prefer to solve problems the way CF does then that is the system for you. Don't choose PHP unless you are willing to fully embrace the share nothing way of solving problems. All of these system have proven that they can be used on sites like you describe, so it is really not a capabilities issue.
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onion2k wrote:Actually ColdFusion can't handle large scale websites, that's why the MySpace guys switched away from it.
Is Adobe.com considered a large scale website?

https://store1.adobe.com/cfusion/store/index.cfm?
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alvinphp wrote:
onion2k wrote:Actually ColdFusion can't handle large scale websites, that's why the MySpace guys switched away from it.
Is Adobe.com considered a large scale website?

https://store1.adobe.com/cfusion/store/index.cfm?
Depends on your definition. However, I would venture to say Myspace generates a lot more traffic.
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How likely is it that the OP will end up with a website that has as much traffic as adobe or myspace? And as myspace has prooven, it's still possible to make a switch if the need arises (i'm sure that if myspace was orginally written in php they would still have needed a large rewrite of the code in order to make it more scalable..)
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Please don't use coldfusion. worst language ever. Somewhere down the line someone else is going to have to look at that code and god help them if its coldfusion garbage.
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If you're expecting it to grow to MySpace proportions, you're the only developer & you only know ColdFusion - use ColdFusion. I say that because your experience with ColdFusion will likely result in a higher quality app than your first desperate attempts to smash some PHP code together. All other things being equal - I'd go with PHP, but since they aren't - stick with what you know.
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