Facebook has spent a lot of time and man hours working around a lot of the issues most people have with PHP. Throw enough talented engineers at it (or any langu

Facebook has spent a lot of time and man hours working around a lot of the issues most people have with PHP. Throw enough talented engineers at it (or any language), and they'll come up with some mighty creative solutions. It's not like they can do a rewrite, nor should they when they've obviously managed to make it work for them. Plus, their investors would kill them. Very, very slowly for such a boneheaded idea. Anyhow, most new startups don't really have the resources to do anything remotely like that. Best to choose a well-established language that works well for your needs with manageable downsides.