Why do you think so? It it doesn't contain any snide comments. Sure, it is clear that the developers of PHP made some choices that have a negative effect on per

Why do you think so? It it doesn't contain any snide comments. Sure, it is clear that the developers of PHP made some choices that have a negative effect on performance, but so did the Ruby guys. Making tradeoffs that affect performance doesn't necessarily look bad and this article remains neutral as to the background of the performance issues in PHP. As to hiring developers to work on PHP: I don't see how that would be of benefit to Google. They aren't using it anywhere and I'm sure engineers at Google wouldn't touch PHP with a pitchfork when it comes to selecting a language for a new project. That doesn't mean that PHP is left behind in any way, though, because Facebook and Yahoo are actively working on the PHP ecosystem.