Good point. Actually, if Richard had phrased his question better and we'd
given him some useful comments, it would have been quite a smart move.

The problem is, to get a proper balanced answer you'd need to be talking to
programmers who use (or have used) both ASP and PHP quite a lot. As for me,
I've never actually been in a position where PHP didn't do what I needed.
I've also never been told by an employer that I had to use ASP.

So, I've used PHP for connecting to the old MySQL database, churning out
some dynamically created web pages etc. etc. At the other end of the scale
I've used PHP to splice the binary firmware files from a hard drive (yes I
realise there are probably better suited languages). My point is that for
the time investment involved in learning PHP the flexibility gained is well
worth it.

PS - Richard, good luck with the dissertation - get a good spell checker.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Laurie Tsakiris" <laurietsakiris@h...>

Whoa....since when did this become a bashing forum?
Back off boys, it was a simple question from someone that doesnt know these
two languages.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cullan Crothers" <cullan.crothers@w...>
To: "professional php" <pro_php@p...>
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 7:33 AM
Subject: [pro_php] Re: Why is ASP better


> What a fool! How can he be that close to that high of a degree and not
have
> the sense to find out the differences on his own? The funny thing is that
he
> would get hired before somebody like I would for many jobs because he has
a
> graduate degree, when really guys like us can blow him away in any
> programming knowledge. Anyway, in my opinion PHP is at least equel to ASP
is
> not better in some areas.
>
> Cullan Crothers
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Lang [mailto:aalang@r...]
> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 8:53 AM
> To: professional php
> Subject: [pro_php] Re: Why is ASP better
>
>
> Hahaha ....
>
> This guy posts to a PHP list to have the members answer question so he can
> write his dissertation.
>
> And then he even names the subject of the email "Why is ASP better".
>
> Hahaha.
>
> Adam Lang
> Systems Engineer
> Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
> http://www.rutgersinsurance.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <iam@r...>
> To: "professional php" <pro_php@p...>
> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 11:02 AM
> Subject: [pro_php] Why is ASP better
>
>
> > I am trying to put together a dissertation on php v's asp.
> > I was hoping you could share some of your expertise please, and answer a
> > few of the following questions. Please note that this is purely for my
own
> > project to achieve my degree. The answers you give me will only be used
in
> > my dissertation.
> >
> > When considering a server-side scripting language, what would you
consider
> > the main points you look for. Obviously cost is a major consideration
but
> > it isn't scientific enough for my dissertation. I'd like to compare what
> > the respected codes can do
> >
> > What can one language do that the other cant?
> >
> > What can one language do more efficiently than the other?
> >
> > What features does one language have over the other?
> >
> > I basically need to get together some strong arguments that can be put
> > together.
> > I need to be able to compare the language like for like and work out
which
> > one has more advantages over the other in a constructive manor.
> >
> > I want to do really well and any help would be greatly appreciated.
> > I can happily send you my final report if you would like.
> >
> > Thanking you in anticipation
> >
> >
> > Richard Philp
> >
> > Suffolk
> > UK
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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