RE: [PHP] Any point in learning ASP/JSP etc?

Seb, I think the answer, tho it may not be a great one, is to become a jackofalltrades-verygoodatallofthem kind of person if you truly want to make yourself stand out... Whether you love php or not, you have to respect the power it gives you and the ease with which you can develop with it. However, it isn't the end all language. No one would ever make that claim. If you truly want to become a good programmer, then you should be able to look at a problem, understand what you need, and then pick a language from your arsenal. You could be Rasmus, but if your boss will not accept PHP, and you don't know anything else, you're stuck... I know what you mean about being good at one, or know many. I myself have taken the latter approach. My Java skills aren't nearly as good as a full time java programmer, but then again, I can look at C++/Java/Perl/PHP code,understand it, and work with it...the fulltime mono-language coder may not know the first thing about the last two. So, ideally, know everything from C to Ruby well...but until then, get good at what you can, and always try to learn more. My $.02, Jack -----Original Message----- From: Seb Frost [mailto:seb@raceshoot.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 8:29 PM To: John Meyer; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: RE: [PHP] Any point in learning ASP/JSP etc? Ah ha, but am I better off becoming a PHP guru or a jackofalltrades-notverygoodatanyofthem kind of person ;-) Well I've never used scripting of any sort before PHP, just c++ really. I'll stick to php i guess (for now). - seb -----Original Message----- From: John Meyer [mailto:john_meyer@geocities.com] Sent: 23 August 2001 02:13 To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Any point in learning ASP/JSP etc? At 01:10 AM 8/23/01 +0100, you wrote: >Or is PHP the be-all and end all? > >I know its strong points, but what are the WEAK points of PHP? > >- seb PHP isn't default on Microsoft systems You have to learn a new language for PHP: ASP is basically either VBScript or JScript around some objects. To answer the question in your subject line, I think that if you were interested in programming, you should want to learn any new technology that you could. Plus, the more languages, the more employable, I would think. -- 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