Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 12:32:43 +0100 From: "Andy Cowan" <andyc@waverider.net.uk> To: "Paul Robinson" <paul@akitanet.co.uk>, "Forrest W. Christian" <forrestc@imach.com>, "Jim Weeks" <jim@siteplus.net> Cc: <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Best alternative to asp Message-ID: <NDBBKECBEEIIPEFNBPBFEEHPCLAA.andyc@waverider.net.uk> In-Reply-To: <0010241216130C.00286@foo.akitanet.co.uk>
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> You must remember that ASP on IIS permits two different languages > - VBscript > and Jscript. What you call "traditional" ASP is an example of > VBscript, but > whenever I coded in ASP I used Jscript which is what you refer to > as "Perl" > but in actual fact has far, far, far more in common with > javascript that perl. > Um, wrong. ASP on IIS permits any number of languages as long as you have a scripting engine to support it. What Forrest calls "tradiational" ASP is VBScript which is by far the most widely used language supported by ASP. What Forrest refers to as Perl *is* PerlScript (not JScript) which has everything in common with Perl, and nothing to do with JScript or JavaScript. > The language used can be specified at the top of the page. As in <%@Language PerlScript%> > > Personally though, I agree with other posters in that PHP is a > more suitable > language. Combined with Zeus it's a great deal faster, easier to code in, > isn't as brain-dead and is more functional, in addition to being > available > for free for a large number of platforms. > > ASP is for people who buy the M$ line every time. We aren't > members of that > set. > But if your *customers* are (remember this is freebsd-isp), you might need to think a little bit out of your box. Or do you plan on converting each and every one of them to your way of thinking? A. -- Andy Cowan Managing Director Wave Rider Internet Ltd http://www.waverider.co.uk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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