Plz help me

[Code Wizard]

I am rather new to Server-Side Scripting...and I can't decide on what to begin learning Perl or ASP.
Could any1 help me with this?
Why should I chose one above the other??

[Nightfire]

Use whatever your server has enabled :) Easiest way to start. If it has php, don't bother learning jsp, if it has asp don't bother learning cgi ;)

[Jeff Mott]

Code Wizard, there is no simple answer. It can be argued both ways which is better. Mostly it comes down to personal preference.

You might find this article (http://www.indiawebdevelopers.com/technology/scripts/chapter2.asp) of interest.

[Afrow UK]

I learned Perl (CGI) simply because people I knew at the time (over the net) were using it and learning it.
I always get the odd person that says e.g. "php is better than perl", or "cgi is lame, learn php" which is all complete nonsense.
Whatever you wish to learn will get the job done.

Personally, I love perl because it only took me a few days to learn enough of it to write a lot of dynamic stuff.

-Stu

[Code Wizard]

Originally posted by Nightfire
Use whatever your server has enabled :) Easiest way to start. If it has php, don't bother learning jsp, if it has asp don't bother learning cgi ;)

Nice point! ;)
Yeah but still,jsp is non server dependant,while ASP and Perl is.
Oh...forgot about mentioning server-side JavaScript.
In my opinion,ASP will be al lot easier to learn as I already know JS,so there is nothing new in the syntax and things like that...

[Nightfire]

JS is based on the C/C++ language, which is similar to PHP, not ASP ;) jsp is server dependant, you can't run jsp from client side as it is java server pages.

[Code Wizard]

Nightfire,I meant that JS and also VBScript is used for ASP scripting.
And yes jsp IS server-dependant,every server-side scripting language is,but not OS dependant if ye know what I mean...;)