Re: Re: Perl versus VB

I have to point out that VBScript is a severely limited subset of Visual Basic. It would be fairer to compare VBScript with PerlScript, or Visual Basic with Perl.

Which brings up a point that nobody else has mentioned so far - Visual Basic is not suitable for use in programming Web applications.

That's a severe limitation for most people these days.

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Re: Re: Re: Perl versus VB by batkins (Chaplain) on Jan 18, 2003 at 19:57 UTC
um, actually, perlscript is exactly the same as perl, except that it supports ASP-like <%..%> syntax. so there you go.	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Re: Perl versus VB by Wysardry (Pilgrim) on Jan 19, 2003 at 00:32 UTC
Perhaps I should have specified client-side PerlScript versus VBScript. Server-side PerlScript seems to be fairly pointless unless the author has some sort of phobia against coding without ASP/Cold Fusion style tags. ActivePerl does need to be on the system too, after all.	[reply]