--- Joey Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Very, very good question, with a quick answer,
> though
> > not a simple one: .NET helps you code faster.
> >
>
> > Here's why:
> > ASP.NET consists of classes for most everything
> needed
> > to develop web applications, so the web interface
> > becomes a set of objects that can be manipulated
> on
> > the server. Also, state management is handled
> > automatically by the web server, so you don't
> _have_
> > to mess around with cookies if you don't want to.
>
> Other languages and platforms have these. Perl for
> one, java for another.
> Probably PHP, but I'm not up on what PEAR has.
> Probably perl is king here.
I'm not a Microsoft apologist by any means, but I am
neither a Linux zealot. When you say "other languages
... have these", what do you mean exactly? I think it
is an apples to oranges comparison.
John Hebert
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