Re: Why PHP ?

> > Again, WHY does it suck? What's wrong with VBScript? It is VBScript, not > > Visual Basic that ASP uses, but remember you can also use PerlScript, > > JScript or any other language you want (as long as there's a scripting > > module for it). You could probably even use PHP, if you had the desire to > > write your own module. But what's important here, I think, is providing > > specific examples of why one should choose PHP over ASP/VBScript or > > whatever. Pretty simple - it serves 2 pages more per second (look up the article in the list archives - I'm lazy) and it's about $1M cheaper on an enterprise level solution. So many times at my old work I would say "Why don't we do this?" and the answer would be "ASP won't do that....". Plus you need to look at the OVERALL picture of PHP vs. ASP - can I pipe, grep, sed, awk and output to /tmp easily with ASP? No. Is wc -l there? No. Can I choose how big my binary is? No. Can I get into the source and tinker with it to make mods I need for my site? No. Can I log onto the ASP list and ask Bill Gates why it's not working? No. Is there a SHITLOAD of free enterprise level ASP code laying around the internet? No. A lot of No's and not a lot of Yes's IMO. --Joe --- Joe Stump PHP Programmer www.Care2.com