I agree. XML in itself would be a great addition.  Someone would be
interested just on that fact.

As for learning an "additional" script, I don't think he was looking to
learn an additional.  I took it that he was looking to possibly switch so he
has better prospects of getting a job.

But you did raise a good point.  XML totally slipped my mind.

Adam Lang
Systems Engineer
Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
http://www.rutgersinsurance.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Scollo" <scollo@t...>
To: "professional php" <pro_php@p...>
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 11:30 AM
Subject: [pro_php] Re: I am PHP-MySQL intermediate ,should I learn ASP
instead??


> I don't see any reason to learn php AND asp.  They are pretty much
> redundant technologies (they achieve the same task).  As a PHP programmer,
> if you want to expand your skills, you should probably focus on a
> technology that lets you do something new (something that you can't
> already do with PHP).
>
> Perhaps WML and WMLScript, which would allow you to develop apps for
> wireless devices.
>
> Perhaps Java, which would let you expand in many areas like stand-alone
> application development, JINI, EJB, etc.
>
> Perhaps XML, which will change everything ;)
>
> These would all increase your job prospects.  But ASP, ColdFusion,
> mod_perl, JSP, mod_python would all be largely redundant to PHP.