ASP / PHP / embedded scripting (possibly OT)

i dont know too much about ASP, as i've never had to use it, but i thought ASP as more of an enviornment (or meta-language) rather than an actual programming language (becuase VBscript is the default language for ASP pages, i always assumed that other languages could be utilized in place of VB(yuck)) could you use any other language aside from VBscript if the client mandates ASP, or is ASP tied to VB/Microsoft? the reason i ask is becuase i heard about a perl product that would basically do almost the same thing as PHP (put perl code in the HTML document, and the server would parse thru it when someone requested the page)... and i always thought that ASP was the meta-language that governed the rules for embedded programming (use <? to start script, etc... rules like that) rather than an actual *language* am i wrong? anyone care to clarify what ASP is, and what it's relation to PHP is.... on or off the list, whichever suits you ;) PS: please excuse me if you feel that i am off topic.... > -----Original Message----- > From: John Monfort [mailto:monfort@kahuna.sdsu.edu] > Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 10:16 > To: Adrian Murphy > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] woe is me > > > > > I feel your pain. > :-( > > > __________John Monfort_________________ > _+-----------------------------------+_ > P E P I E D E S I G N S > www.pepiedesigns.com > "The world is waiting, are you ready?" > -+___________________________________+- > > On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Adrian Murphy wrote: > > > i'm sorry,i just had to share this with people who'd understand. > > we've just secured clients who are m$ affiliated and they insist > > everthing be done with asp. > > excuse me while i go off for a little cry................. > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >