So much uneducated hate going on in the comments section here. As someone who's developed high load projects in a few languages (C++, PHP, Node.js, ColdFusion,

So much uneducated hate going on in the comments section here. As someone who's developed high load projects in a few languages (C++, PHP, Node.js, ColdFusion, Rails) I can say with absolute certainty that any of the modern, popular languages are just as good as the other. What some may see as a slight, others will see as a strength. It's up to the programmer to write structured, thought-out code. Heck, one can argue that too much forced structure can be bad for performance (assuming skilled programmers are at work). As an aside, my favorite syntax is C#. But at the end of the day, the author has the right idea and it seems many of you don't. If you're a skilled programmer the language is a preference, not a precursor to what your app will turn out to be. If for any other reason than platform related your code turned out bad it's a good indication you're not one of those skilled programmers.