Re: JScript or VBScript?
I've given up going to the MSDN site; it's f'n worthless. I can get what I
want from newsgroups ~ orders of magnitude faster ~ than I can by relying on
Microsoft's own documentation.
"Aaron Bertrand [MVP]" <aaron@TRASHasp faq.com> wrote in message
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> > once heard that, in ASP, JScript is a flexible script language, but[/color][/color]
takes[color=blue][color=green]
> > the lower execution efficiency than VBScript does.[/color]
>
> No, this is not true. Program with whichever language you're more
> comfortable with (or the rest of your team, or who is most likely to take
> over the code should you leave).
>
> There are a few huge JScript proponents here, however I think most of the
> help you'll find will be from users proficient in VBScript and so-so in
> JScript. Also, many of the sample/FAQ sites (including mine) show code
> samples that are primarily VBScript-based. So if you want to integrate
> existing samples quickly, VBScript might be a better choice. Microsoft's
> documentation is better than it once was, but I'm finding the MSDN library
> increasingly difficult to search -- most of the stuff I search for shows[/color]
20[color=blue]
> pages of .NET stuff before it ever gets to ASP samples.
>
> --
> Aaron Bertrand
> SQL Server MVP
> http://www.aspfaq.com/
>
>[/color]
I've given up going to the MSDN site; it's f'n worthless. I can get what I
want from newsgroups ~ orders of magnitude faster ~ than I can by relying on
Microsoft's own documentation.
"Aaron Bertrand [MVP]" <aaron@TRASHasp faq.com> wrote in message
news:un$6Z5z1DH A.1704@tk2msftn gp13.phx.gbl...[color=blue][color=green]
> > once heard that, in ASP, JScript is a flexible script language, but[/color][/color]
takes[color=blue][color=green]
> > the lower execution efficiency than VBScript does.[/color]
>
> No, this is not true. Program with whichever language you're more
> comfortable with (or the rest of your team, or who is most likely to take
> over the code should you leave).
>
> There are a few huge JScript proponents here, however I think most of the
> help you'll find will be from users proficient in VBScript and so-so in
> JScript. Also, many of the sample/FAQ sites (including mine) show code
> samples that are primarily VBScript-based. So if you want to integrate
> existing samples quickly, VBScript might be a better choice. Microsoft's
> documentation is better than it once was, but I'm finding the MSDN library
> increasingly difficult to search -- most of the stuff I search for shows[/color]
20[color=blue]
> pages of .NET stuff before it ever gets to ASP samples.
>
> --
> Aaron Bertrand
> SQL Server MVP
> http://www.aspfaq.com/
>
>[/color]
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