Programming with PHP is sort of like eating/buying McDonald's food. Yes it gets the job done and you can argue it is readily available, a calorie is a calorie

Programming with PHP is sort of like eating/buying McDonald's food. Yes it gets the job done and you can argue it is readily available, a calorie is a calorie etc.... ...but the reality is even "new" McDonald's is not terribly good for you and people will judge you if continuously eat there (I'm not saying that is a good thing but it does happen. Just try asking coworkers to go there with you). And that is the point. The OP doesn't like to be judged but the general consensus is PHP is "probably" not good for you long term (regardless of the caveats of the language one cannot argue that other language programmers are generally paid much higher). Imagine it this way. Imagine a fitness professional saying: "you know calories are the main thing that make you fat so I eat a small McDonald's meal and fast the rest of the day".... what would you think of this fitness expert... would it honestly not affect your judgement? I'm not saying PHP is bad... I'm just saying I understand the behavior the OP doesn't like.