|  | Posted by Gary L. Burnore on 01/18/08 20:33 
On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:21:10 +0100, Adam Frame <mistraal@gmail.com>wrote:
 
 >Steve wrote:
 >> "Ali Bobo" <1001webs@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.
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >
 >Do you get a kick out of insulting people on the internet?
 
 He gave a good answer.  You didn't like it, eh?
 
 >You, sir are in need of a mouthwash with a bar of soap.
 
 Bad grammar aside, who's going to do it? YOU?
 
 --
 gburnore at DataBasix dot Com
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