@guy4u
Brother your only 18 years old and I have a degree in Information Technology Management from Ryerson University here in Toronto, Canada. I know for a fact that php is much much faster then asp. I will try not to get too technical.
For asp you need microsoft servers (iis), php is free, asp uses ms sql which is again a product of microsoft and costs big bucks obviously in Pakistan it is possibly that a pirated version is being used, php on the other hand can use the much better free mysql. asp can only run on windows and php can run on unix, linux, etc. all php add-ons are free and could be downloaded off the internet where as asp add-ons cost money. Finally asp is visual basic style coding which is not as powerful as the c++, probably the best language for programming.
In my personal opinion php is much much better suited for forums.
Now you simply said "its heavy" without any logical reasoning.
P.S. I think this is the reason why mods lock a topic like this because people that don’t have a single ounce of knowledge regarding technical matters are usually the first ones to share their two cents.