Because every time someone rants against PHP, they do so in the same way you've done, saying things like "If you are programming in PHP, you owe it to yourself

Because every time someone rants against PHP, they do so in the same way you've done, saying things like "If you are programming in PHP, you owe it to yourself to explore some of the many options that are out there". All you do is insult the language, and subsequently, the intelligence of those who continue to use it. Many of us have looked at - and heavily used - other languages, and choose to come back to PHP for many (not necessarily all) projects. Your assumption that we're all morons who program in PHP because we're too stupid to try other options is misplaced. You looked elsewhere and preferred what you found. Good for you. Some of us who looked elsewhere found that every language has its faults, and that PHP does the job just fine. Particularly since the performance improvements in later PHP 5.x versions, and finally the leaps and bounds gained in PHP 7, the language is more than good enough for most tasks. I've done projects in C, NodeJs, Ruby, and yes, even Python. Python fanboys in particular seem to think their use of the language is an indicator of superior intellect or programming ability. The whole "I am smarter/better than PHP developers" gag is really, really, old.