Posted by Erwin Moller on 06/14/06 21:08

monsey11@gmail.com wrote:

> thank you all, you really have been very kind.
>
> I did not take the job but would you recommend i still get to know PHP?
> i do a lot of consulting, any advantage of PHP over ASP?

advantages of PHP over ASP?
Don't get this group started please. :P
Really too many advantages to even start considering to think about the
possibility to name them all.

But to name just a few (personal choice):
ASP is really a quite childish language, very limitted, using up way too
much space to code even simple stuff.
ASP is a great language for starters, but once you tasted a better language,
even your own ASPcode will look awefull to you after some time.
It is just impossible to be elegant in ASP.
Easy to make mistakes, difficult to debug, hard to read.

I stopped with ASP/VBscript years ago in favor of Java and PHP.
Sometimes I must update some old ASP-apps I made earlier, and all the above
comments apply.

If you have the time, go study PHP, you will not regret it.
My advise would also be to get your hands dirty soon in the process. ANd be
sure to visit www.php.net a lot: best place to check on the API and filled
with often very usefull usercomments.


just my 2 cent.

Regards,
Erwin Moller


>
> Thanks in advance.
> Stevie
>

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