Re: Re[3]: [PHP] How to argue with ASP people...

> It should be noted that the MS KnowledgeBase article about trying to do a > dynamic include (as of when I last used ASP, years ago) made absolutely NO > mention of using: > > <!--#include <%=FileName%> --!> > > and tells you to just 'read' and 'print' the file -- which doesn't > execute > the ASP at all, and there is no 'eval' function (as far as I could find). > > So, assuming this #include stuff actually works, I guess it's just the > documentation that sucked, not the actual technology. > > For *THIS* problem. > > I fought with ASP for only a few months, but it felt like years, and I > hated every minute of it. > > I actually wrote comments in ASP like: > > <% /* > Microsoft sucks, Microsoft sucks > Can't moveFirst in an empty record set > */ %> > > My co-workers knew when such comments were written, since I would sing > them as I typed. (Yes, really) > > I had a lonnnnnnnnnng song before that two months was up... > > "Boolean expressions don't short-circuit" is another verse I recall, off > the top of my head. > > Sadly, I lost all my copies of that song/project. > > Oh well. > > If somebody out there actually *LIKES* ASP VBScript programming, more > power to them -- So long as I don't have to ever use it again, I don't > care what you use. > > Oh yeah, here's a good one: > > *EVERY* error message coming back from SQL Server had the same error > number -- Even when the error *message* was different! That's got to be > in the running for dumbest software design choice on the planet. > TimeLife music presents a collection unlike any other. **The Best of Richard Lynch** Remember the classics such as - Microsoft Sucks, Microsoft Sucks! - Can't moveFirst in an Empty Record Set - Boolean Expressions Don't Short-Circuit and the ever classic - ASP, I Think It's Giving Me Cancer of the Rectum And for a limited time, we'll include documentation that leaves out most of what you're looking for. Order yours today! -- --Matthew Sims --<http://killermookie.org>