This may very well be true (I haven't written PHP since the era of 4/5-beta), but it's probably going to be a lot like Java in the sense that the older devs sca

This may very well be true (I haven't written PHP since the era of 4/5-beta), but it's probably going to be a lot like Java in the sense that the older devs scarred from Java 1.0 - 1.5 basically want nothing to do with it anymore and rant and rave about the language despite the language and ecosystem evolving considerably.