The .asp extension on files is to let Microsoft's IIS know that the file is a server side script and to run it. In ASP you can use many scripting languages (VBscript, PERL, J++, JavaScript, etc). If you are using Windows you can also associate .CGI as the same or to be run using perl.exe (from active state).

From my researching of ASP it is pretty much Microsoft's copyrighted version of CGI scripts. By doing this they have control of it's use.

If you want a really good site for ASP using Perl go to www.perlscripters.com

Update: This was a good perl scripting site but as Buckaroo Buddha found it is a PORN site. I would like to assure everyone that that is not what it once was.

--BigJoe

In reply to RE: .ASP vs .CGI - could someone clarify this? by BigJoe
in thread .ASP vs .CGI - could someone clarify this? by mrmick

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