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Conclusions
lVisual Studio .NET (and a simpler system called Web Matrix – see www.asp.net) have nice visual objects that are connected by a framework to C# (or VB) code to respond to user actions and set properties; these frameworks are supported by ASP.NET and DLLs on the server
lASP.NET also allows the programmer to generate web pages according to proprietary software models
lASP data access and ASP.NET data access (compatibility mode) are similar in speed
lASP.NET data sets (ADO.NET) can be slower to fetch records
lASP.NET with ADO.NET is faster if the data values in fetched records are actually used
lASP (VBScript) uses only variant data types.  ASPX (VB), when using variant data types (DIM xxx -- not DIM xxx AS Type), is the same speed as ASP!
lASP.NET (VB) with declared data types is the same speed as C#
lASP.NET (VB) and ASP.NET (C#) share similar syntax for declaring and accessing accessing types, classes, and methods