To the extent of my knowledge ASP is simply the server-side scripting engine, and most of the programming is actually done in visual basic, or any other scripting language you decide to use so long as its somehow putting money in microsoft's pocket. Think along the lines of Perl (the interpreter) versus perl, the language. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Server_Pages On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Robert Cummings <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-02-27 at 13:41 -0600, Greg Donald wrote: > > On 2/27/08, Nathan Nobbe <quickshiftin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > ya; rob; greg is like the new dude on the witty block; > > > better pack something good for a comeback :O > > > my heads still smoking while i try to think up something > > > moderately so ~:( > > > > I'm not gonna just sit here and watch someone "*lol*" comparing the > > bloated nature of ASP to PHP when I can make the _exact same > > comparison_ using Ruby (and/or Rails) compared to PHP. Rob then > > follows with the very predictable reply that I am somehow wrong in > > comparing PHP to a "framework" rather than to a language, but then > > isn't ASP, the object of Rob's "*lol*", also a framework of sorts? > > Pot-kettle-black. > > I thought ASP was the language and .NET was the framework. Maybe I'm > wrong, but I pointed out that glaring issue when I mentioned GD and > ImageMagick versus the .NET image lib. And the target of my *lol* was > the whole question of comparison... the outdated document, the obvious > ugliness of ASP code, the FUD, etc, etc. > > So is ASP really a framework? Did I get that wrong... I'm not always > right you know, especially about MS crap. > > Thanks for letting me know I'm predictable BTW, I wouldn't want to > surprise. > > Cheers, > Rob. > -- > .------------------------------------------------------------. > | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | > :------------------------------------------------------------: > | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | > | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | > | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | > | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | > | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | > `------------------------------------------------------------' > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >
