In a purelly personnal taste, i prefer PHP over ASP because the syntax
is C like, which makes it easier to programm in both client side
(Javascript) and server side (php). Specially because VBScript isn't a
option for client side programming (isn't a standard).
BUT i program in both and like t
"Benjamin Walling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > ASP cannot short-circuit a boolean expression
> ?costing you milliseconds?
Who needs this for performance reasons? This short-circuiting is for logic
simplification, thus fewer LOC and easier
Just wanted to stop this whole ASP vs PHP thread before it gets started and
I receive a zillion e-mails from PHP-WIN list (something that already
happened a few times for this particular subject).
For those who want to compare the two scription languages, please do so
between yourselves. Many
> -Original Message-
> From: Benjamin Walling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] ASP and PHP
>
> I'm currently switching from ASP to PHP, so I'm not an MS
> zealot. I did
> want to clarify some of your statements.
>
> > ASP c
I'm currently switching from ASP to PHP, so I'm not an MS zealot. I did
want to clarify some of your statements.
"Court Shrock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> ASP can't do associative arrays
like a hash table? ASP has the dictionary object.
Sure
ASP can't do associative arrays
ASP can only do numerical multi-dimension arrays
ASP can't do serious string manipulation
ASP carries way too much around in each function call--global scope all the
time for all variables
ASP cannot short-circuit a boolean expression
ASP database connecti
Personally, there are 3 biggies for me
1) Free, open-source
2) works on linux and windows
3) it's NOT anything like VB :)
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