What is ASP to you?
To me, ASP mean Active Server Pages.
To my dad, ASP mean Application Service Provider.
My dad works for a company who is an Application Service Provider. This same company also has a web department that creates websites primarily written in Active Server Pages.
So, what's ASP to you?
Mark Hensler
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mjames posted this at 02:18 — 16th June 2001.
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To me, it's something you don't use.
I prefer PHP over anything.
mairving posted this at 12:46 — 16th June 2001.
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I would have to agree with that statement also. ASP is baby .NET.
detox posted this at 04:37 — 17th June 2001.
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Most people here it seems are hell-bent for PHP over ASP (Active Server Pages). I have always developed in ASP, I am now wanting to start learning PHP as well. Basically I was told by a work colleague that PHP was less effective than ASP, also that ASP is, and will always be the industry standard (+ ASP.net). Needless to say that when I started out with ASP, I got a little turned off PHP by his comments. Now however I want to learn it.
Could you guys tell me why PHP is so good? particularly over ASP?
Mark Hensler posted this at 06:36 — 17th June 2001.
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Two words... Open Source.
It runs on *nix as well as Windows. ASP doesn't.
You can compile your own personal version. Include things you need, ommit the rest, and your PHP will run faster.
I've heard that PHP is faster. I've not personally been able to test this.
You know how many lines of code it takes to connect to a db and loop through records? Well, PHP can do it with fewer lines.
Mark Hensler
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