Re: Questions from a ColdFusion Developer

On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 22:24, Christopher Jordan wrote: > > I think you've hit the nail on the head there, but I'm sorta glad the > subject's come up since I'm learning about a concept that I've not > used before. Is it mostly used for purposes of scalability? It seems > like it might be that way. There's a decent article here that goes on about the "shared nothing" philosphy. It's a bit of a PHP vs. Java blog, but it does make many references to "shared nothing". http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2004/07/01/the-j2ee-guy-still-doesnt-get-php/ > Thanks so much Rob for sharing your knowledge with me. :) It's > very nice to see that folks on the list seem to be patient and > responsive. No problem... you got us on a good day ;) Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------'