🆚 ASP vs. C#

Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP, also known as "classic" ASP) is a server-side scripting language and dynamic web page engine. It was developed by Microsoft from 1996 to 2000 and now superseded by ASP.NET.

C# is a high-level, statically typed, object-oriented programming language developed for the .NET platform.

It features strong type safety, automatic memory management via garbage collection, async and parallel programming support, LINQ for data querying, rich standard libraries, and is widely used for building desktop, web, and enterprise applications.

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

• 🥇 Most popular in China in the Legacy category.
• 🥇 Most popular in Macao in the Legacy category.
• 🥉 Third most popular in Korea in the Legacy category.
• 🥉 Third most popular in Hong Kong in the Legacy category.
• 🥉 Third most popular in Israel in the Legacy category.

• 🥈 Second most popular in Brunei Darussalam in the Programming Languages category.
• 🥉 Third most popular in the United States in the Programming Languages category.
• 🥉 Third most popular in the United Kingdom in the Programming Languages category.
• 🥉 Third most popular in China in the Programming Languages category.
• 🥉 Third most popular in Italy in the Programming Languages category.

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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