Minor annoyance with ASP Apr09 '07

Some of you more "advanced" coders might find it humorous that I still use ASP for my day job, when there are clearly much better server-side web scripting languages available these days.

ASP is old, junky, and just plain inefficient.

However, I get by as best as I can.

Other than the obvious limitations of the entire ASP language library, there is something that always "trips me up."

I hate how ASP uses array(0) format, rather than array[0] format.

Most languages use brackets for array references, rather than parenthesis. Parenthesis are normally used for function calls, so you can see why I always get confused.

Even after hundreds of times making the mistake, I still end up using array[0] format before I notice the giant syntax error on the rendered page.

I've written before how ASP compares with PHP, as well as other ASP annoyances.

Categories: Annoyances , ASP , Programming

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