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by amilec

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Hello all,

I am doing learning ASP (not ASP.NET) and need some help on reasons for and against why ASP would be the preferred choice.

So far (in a nutshell) I encountered people saying that is is relatively easy to pick up, easy to do session management and cookies. Others say that it is not as code efficient as, for instance, PHP; that is is not free (like linux&apache&php) and is more or less limited to Windows, is not as fast and not as supported by the community.

Anyone has any opinions why or why not pick ASP?

thanks a lot,

a.m.

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by brent_d

It?s all preference and I want know which "community" supports PHP more then ASP. There are many big sites written in both. The only problem I have with PHP, you are really limiting your self to an insufficient database. Chances are you will end up with MYSQL. If you do any serious development MYSQL just wont be adequate. Personally, I would go with ASP.NET if you are just learning. It?s just as easy to learn as ASP or PHP and you are just going to end up learning it down the road anyway.

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