Re: PHP vs. ASP

From: Alan Little (alan_at_n-o-s-p-a-m-phorm.com)
Date: 11/27/04


Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 13:11:05 -0600

Carved in mystic runes upon the very living rock, the last words of
Berislav Lopac of comp.lang.php make plain:

> Alan Little wrote:
>> If you're working on a Windows platform and don't want to use PHP,
>> try Cold Fusion instead. It has its weaknesses, but is light years
>> beyond VBScript. Hell, Malbolge is light years beyond VBScript.
>
> Of course, you can always opt for using languages other than VBS on
> ASP. Such as JScript, which is an implementation of one of the best
> programming languages existing today.

Again, not something I've worked with, so I can't say. But ASP is a
protocol, not a language, so when people say something like "ASP vs PHP"
they usually are referring to VBScript.

-- 
Alan Little
Phorm PHP Form Processor
http://www.phorm.com/


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