Posted by Colin McKinnon on 09/04/05 23:41

David wrote:

> Anyone know of objective a survey of the development time and run-time
> considerations of PHP vs. ASP.NET vs JSP? Most arguments for one
> environment appear to be more on the personal level.
>

Sounds like you want someone to implement *your* test criteria - which would
be far from objective, now would it?

The only objective comparison I know of is
http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/ although it only acheives objectivity by
a lack of applicability - the test are implementations of well defined
algorithms with an emphasis on data manipulation. None of the three
languages you list are intended to address this.

Either you set out your criteria for measurement and test them for yourself
or you try to weigh up subjective analysis form whatever sources you can
find.

(and, yes, I did the work myself and decided that PHP was the best solution
for me - but it doesn't automatically follow that it's the best solution
for you)

C.

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