Has php ever been the “slow dog” compared to the realistic competition of ruby/python? To me the big gains of late in php are language improvements in terms of

Has php ever been the “slow dog” compared to the realistic competition of ruby/python? To me the big gains of late in php are language improvements in terms of making it able to operate more strictly: typed parameters, properties and returns is a big part of this, and it’s always a big wtf to me that none of the other “common” scripting languages (python, ruby, javascript) have progressed on this.