Hi-
I'm afraid I've only heard scattered mentions from Josh about the
VBScript patch. I have no idea where it can be obtained, and I seriously
doubt that it would support VBScript perfectly. "PerlScript" is simply
the name that ActiveState gave to ASP so that it would fit with the
other choices ("VBScript" and "JavaScript"). The programming language is
called "Perl". Below is the relevant section from perlfaq1.
What's the difference between "perl" and "Perl"?
One bit. Oh, you weren't talking ASCII? :-) Larry now
uses "Perl" to signify the language proper and "perl" the
implementation of it, i.e. the current interpreter. Hence
Tom's quip that "Nothing but perl can parse Perl." You
may or may not choose to follow this usage. For example,
parallelism means "awk and perl" and "Python and Perl"
look OK, while "awk and Perl" and "Python and perl" do
not. But never write "PERL", because perl isn't really an
acronym, apocryphal folklore and post-facto expansions
notwithstanding.
--Quentin.
On Friday, September 20, 2002, at 08:27 PM, growlin_stan wrote:
> Thanks. That's been really informative. I don't have any knowledge
> of ASP ('normal' or otherwise). I am interested in designing a web
> site incorporating a database and noticed my host supported
> Apache::ASP. (I am also looking at PHP)
>
> I guess my host would have to install the patch to make Apache::ASP
> recognize VBScript?
>
> Are there WYSIWYG editors around that handle PerlScript? (Windows or
> Linux) Or do have to learn to write code in PerlScript?
>
> --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Quentin Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Hi-
>> Short answer (and probably correct answer, since you're coming
> from a
>> "normal ASP" background) is no.
>> Long answer, yes. ASP is a web application framework that defines
> a set
>> of protocols and objects for a web application to interact with a
> web
>> server. Contrary to popular believe, ASP is language-independent.
> On
>> Windows, you will typically have access to VBScript, JavaScript,
> and
>> possible PerlScript. Apache::ASP is an implementation of the ASP
>> protocol in Perl that supports web applications exclusively in
> Perl. If
>> your ASP pages are written with PerlScript, then yes, you can
> probably
>> upload them and they will work with little to no fuss. However, if
> you
>> mean "VBScript ASP" when you said "normal ASP", then no, you will
> not be
>> able to make them easily work. IIRC, there was a patch floating
> around
>> to make Apache::ASP recognize VBScript. In addition, there are
> numerous
>> commercial products to implement VBScript ASP on *nix, such as
>> ChiliSoft's ChiliASP.
>> HTH,
>> --Quentin
>> On Friday, September 20, 2002, at 07:24 PM, growlin_stan wrote:
>>
>>> Ok newbie here, please explain what having Apache::ASP installed
> on
>>> my host means? Does it mean I can upload normal ASP pages to it
> and
>>> they will work as if it were a Microsoft server?
>>>
>
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