I've worked with it for a little over a decade and I have to agree with you. It's a lot better than it used to be, it's just not very good. That said, the reaso

I've worked with it for a little over a decade and I have to agree with you. It's a lot better than it used to be, it's just not very good. That said, the reason people use it is for it's popularity: It's easy to get into and almost everyone can write it badly. Much like javascript.