Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 19:34:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Jim Weeks <jim@siteplus.net> To: "Forrest W. Christian" <forrestc@imach.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Best alternative to asp Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010231926340.6995-100000@veager.siteplus.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010231538001.22944-100000@workhorse.iMach.com>
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On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Forrest W. Christian wrote:
> (The following code is not tested and I realize it is also not as small as
> it could be) And I'm not a vbasic programmer...
>
> Apache::ASP Show all font sizes from 1 through 5:
>
> <html>
> <body>
> <% for ($size=0;$size<5;$size++) { %>
> <font size="<%=$size%>">This is a sample of size <%=$size%>
> </font><br>
> <% } %>
> </body>
> </html>
>
> "Traditional ASP":
>
> <html>
> <body>
> <% for size=0 to 5 %>
> <font size="<%=count %>">This is a sample of size <%=count%>
> </font><br>
> <% next %>
> </body>
> </html>
>
> Note the "code" in the first example is perl -- the code in the second
> example is basic.
>
> They are not interchangable. Thus, you cannot just load Perl::ASP and
> expect to use a development tool like Macromedia UltraDev and have it work
> - as ultradev (in asp mode) spits out VBasic stuff.
I see your point. Then Perl::ASP is certainly *not* a unix solution to
*true* VB asp.
At this point I have to ask, why the effort? If a client would not be
able to actually move his existing pages from M$ to an apache::ASP server
then I think PHP is a much better alternative.
--
Jim
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