See also links (http://groups.inf.ed.ac.uk/links/ http://groups.inf.ed.ac.uk/links/) which has lots of these things, but hasn't gained any traction probably due

See also links (http://groups.inf.ed.ac.uk/links/ http://groups.inf.ed.ac.uk/links/) which has lots of these things, but hasn't gained any traction probably due to it's academic origin. But, I agree with your statement. Saying it's similar to PHP, or PHP++, or PHPReboot is just hype.