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2010 sats \ 3 replies \ @kepford 16 Jan \ on: Ask SN: Is Cold Fusion a dead programming language? devs

Depends on what you mean by dead. I learned CF in the early 2000s and even then it wasn't used much outside of gov/education.

Should I be putting pressure on the dev team switch into something a bit more modern?

100%, though it has nothing to do with modern. It has to do with what you can run it on. License requirements and most importantly finding devs that know it and enjoy using it.

I don't know a single dev that writes CF anymore. Its owned by Adobe and I NEVER see it listed in reports on programming languages. I don't see it as a requirement in job postings. I don't know a single company that uses it.

I was curious so I used Google Trends and you can see the trend over the past 20 years.

I would NEVER write an app with this language. There are so many better options.

55 sats \ 2 replies \ @BlokchainB OP 16 Jan

Great answer thank you!

85 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 16 Jan

Hey, I hope you can talk some sense into them.

To me besides functionality one of the biggest factors if you are a mid to large company with a language is hiring. Can you hire good devs to fill the roles.

79 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 16 Jan

My pleasure. FWIW at the time as a new dev I liked CF but I didn't know much and quickly found the value in the many open source ecosystems. Wordpress and mainly the Drupal opened my eyes to the power of open source code and collaboration. Changed my life really.