Posted by: dazarobbo
Posted by: ThirstyAvenge
Dazarobbo, I believe he was referring to the forum software. Not the programming language itself.
But I do agree, PHP sucks.I'm aware. However, because of the limitations of PHP, I suggested using forum software based on .NET instead.
The Web Platform Installer also makes it really easy to install forums, CMS, servers, databases, etc... (including PHP).And look, I like both languages; I'm sure .Net is better in some ways for some reasons, and php is better in some ways for other reasons - It really depends on what you're doing, what you work best with, and in some cases which will be the quicker solution if the project will end up %100 the same(as far as functionality and performance goes) regardless of the language chosen.
Now, as far as choosing a .NET forum software, the ones available aren't as good as phpbb. I mean, sure, if you want to spend way longer you could get a .NET based forum software and code the things you would like and get things looking how you want; but, with phpbb, there's already so much to work with.
But hey, I may just have not seen a better .Net one yet, and there may be one out there. But, I know phpbb is good, reliable, and you can do absolutely anything you want with it fairly easy.