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Posted by Steve on 01/18/08 18:56
"Ali Bobo" <1001webs@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:3a60dedb-ad22-4061-baec-72afb5419158@f10g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> On Jan 16, 7:31 pm, "Steve" <no....@example.com> wrote:
>> "Ali Bobo" <1001w...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:3b0a3c54-0c8a-4465-9e33-566f84ecd966@v4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> > 1. PHP.NET the greatest API resource known to MAN
>>
>> completely relative statement. i can safely assume you've not experienced
>> *all* api's known to man!
>>
>> > 2. If you have a problem, someone will have already implemented a
>> > solution in PHP for you
>>
>> and this is in contrast to the support and examples/solutions afforded
>> asp?
>> think again.
>>
>> > 3. Syntax is better, closer to C, C++, and Java. Unlike VB where
>> > anything goes.
>>
>> uhhhh, php is just as loose as asp - which is *vb script* NOT VB.
>> asp.net,
>> however, is more OOP capable than php AND forces strong data-typing.
>> troll.
>>
>> as for which stylistic preference you have in writing code, who gives a
>> fuck?!!!
>>
>> > 4. To run ASP you need IIS on windows, which is not free, for PHP
>> > however you need Linux and Apache which are FREE!!
>>
>> sorry, wrong again! i can run asp on linux boxes running apache. that
>> technology is at least 8 years old, idiot.
>>
>> > 5. Great built in support for ftp, email, graphics package GD2 and
>> > also MySQL (also FREE).
>>
>> and, asp has *greater* built in support for these and more. last time i
>> checked, ms was giving asp.net AND a world-class IDE for it's development
>> away...i.e. FREE.
>>
>> next dumbass remark?
>>
>> > 6. PHP will run on Unix, Linux, Solaris and Windows. ASP is mainly
>> > only Windows associated but you can use it on linux with additional
>> > modules installed.
>>
>> which completely bastardizes your statement number 4...along with mooting
>> itself in the process. are you that brain-dead?
>>
>> > 7. PHP code is much faster, ASP is developed on the COM based
>> > architecture, this is an overhead for the server.
>>
>> and what version of asp are you talking about? the one from 8 years ago?
>> asp
>> as of right now can backwardly support com. it's architecture is
>> completely
>> OOP based and everything runs from a NON-COM based framework. asp
>> performs
>> equally in speed to php and in a lot of cases, outperforms it. one of the
>> benefits of a company that creates a web language and also providing the
>> os
>> on which it will run, the functionality is built into the kernel itself.
>>
>> > 8. mod_rewrite, need I say more.
>>
>> the answer is, you need to say something that applies. mod_rewrite is
>> apache, not php. as i can run asp via apache, your point is moot...again!
>>
>> > 9. Advanced Perl-compatible regular expression functions and loads
>> > of built in support for regular expressions on the whole.
>>
>> funny how think, or imply, that asp and regex are strangers to eachother.
>> specifically, if i develop a vb < .net application, i have to reference
>> the
>> *scripting* library (you know, the web version of vb) in order to use
>> regex.
>> asp has *always* supported regex...vb.net is the first time regex was
>> directly supported, without COM, in vb. geee, why would that be? because
>> NO
>> NEW LANGUAGES BY MS HAVE A COM ARCHITECTURES.
>>
>> > 10. Greater control over error handling, and more detailed error
>> > messages.
>>
>> last i checked, try/catch/finally was introduced to asp around the same
>> time
>> it was supported in php. and, since it's the same construct, how do you
>> suppose php has greater control. further, both php and asp allow you to
>> generate customer error messages. as for the defined errors, i can only
>> laugh. leave out a semi-colon in php, run the page in the browser and
>> tell
>> me exactly what the error means...not to mention WHERE the *actual* error
>> is. ROFLMFAO !!!
>>
>> and, btw, when could you ever seemlessly integrate external resources
>> (not
>> just modules) into php. oh shit! you mean you had to use COM(). lol. in
>> asp,
>> if an api exists, i can consume it.
>>
>> how easy is it to set up php for debugging?
>>
>> can you use vb, c#, c, c++, or any one of 23 others to develop a php
>> solution?
>>
>> can you switch, in code, mid-stream to from one language to another?
>>
>> if you have no clue as to the technology against which you are making
>> comparisons, how the fuck can you expect to be taken seriously?!!!
>> further,
>> how can you ever expect to pick the right tool for the job...which is
>> COMPLETELY what makes one better than the other! it's all relative to
>> changing factors that you don't even consider, troll.
>
> I just copy&pasted it, from the link at the bottom.
> You are quite right and I thank you for your valuable opinion.
> I have several friends that have opted for ASP over PHP and I wanted
> to understand the reasons.
>
> Just two more questions:
> 1- Do you actually prefer ASP to PHP?
no.
> 2- A bit off-topic but, What do you make of this statement?:
> The paragraphs below describes W3Schools' vision about future
> Internet Distributed Applications:
> "Executables, C++ (and Java too) must die
> Neither C++ nor Java can ever create standard components that can run
> on all computers. There is no room for these languages in future
> distributed applications. Executables are not standard. COM objects
> are not standard, DLL-files are not standard. Registry settings are
> not standard. INI-files are not standard. None of these components
> must be allowed to destroy your dream of a standard distributed
> application that will run on almost any computer in the world."
> http://www.w3schools.com/ngws/ngws_standards.asp
i usually, by default, disagree with any blanket, black/white
statement(s)...the more a claim is made in absolution, the more it tends to
be absolutely false. since the author cannot predict the future, he cannot
claim what any one language's place in it will be.
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