> While PHP has gotten better recently, the language is not nearly as powerful or complete as almost all of the popular alternatives. I can prove that python a

> While PHP has gotten better recently, the language is not nearly as powerful or complete as almost all of the popular alternatives. I can prove that python and php are equal in their "power" because I can build compilers/interpreters of one with the other. If you are arguing that python has better libraries then it's possible though for web development, I'd say most popular languages have similar libraries and capabilities. But my point was more to the point of expertise in stack. A skilled PHP developer is going to be just as productive with the PHP stack as a skilled python developer. People who think one stack is better than the other usually base their opinion on poor/bad developers. There are plenty of horrible python developers as there are php developers. The "power" of most stacks, especially something closely related as the PHP and Python stacks, are similar. The difference in productive boils down to competence of developers, not the stack itself. But that's just my experience and my opinion.