"Save Class Files"

Hi folks,

I'm running CFMX6.1 with all the current updates loaded (... of that I'm about 99.9% sure...) and I'd like to know:

What exactly is "Save Class Files" for under the CF Administrator mean?

I know what the blurb by the checkbox says, but I don't understand the implications of that statement.
Just as a referesher in case anyone forgot the little blurb says:

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When you select this option, the class files generated by ColdFusion are saved to disk for reuse after the server restarts. Macromedia recommends this for production systems. During development, Macromedia recommends that you do not select this option."

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Here's my problem: we have two CF Servers (production/development) both running CFMX6.1, and when accessing a page on the production server, IE is caching it despite our cache-control template being included (standard template that sets the cache control meta tags, etc.). When I tried to reproduce this problem on the development server, I could not. I have IE set to check for new versions of the page on every visit and still I'm getting a cached page when I press the back button.

I checked out the CF Administrator and the only difference in the Caching settings is the lack of a check mark on "Save Class Files" on the development box.

Could enabling this feature cause page caching like I'm seeing?

Thanks.
Chris