[thelist] [fwd] Perl, PHP, ASP???

[Warden, Matt]

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> JavaScript/Jscript/VBscript/ECMAscript has a couple of problems,
> one being a lack of standardization, and the other being
> fundamental unreliability because users can and do turn it off. If
> there are two ways to solve a problem, solving it server-side is
> going to work 
> *much* better than solving it client-side, because you have more
> control. Unfortunately, there are problems that really ought to be 
> solved client side.

I just want to mention that none of the above are client-side-only
languages.

And, just like Perl and just like PHP, you can use the above
languages (JScript and VBScript, anyways) to do things outside of the
Web. The only limitation, of course, would be that it had to be on an
OS that supported such languages.



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mattwarden
mattwarden.com

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