The only real server-side web language is PHP (and Microsoft's ASP). Sure, you can do a decent job with Python or Ruby, plus some wacky hack of a templating lan

The only real server-side web language is PHP (and Microsoft's ASP). Sure, you can do a decent job with Python or Ruby, plus some wacky hack of a templating language (there's a wide range, but they have never gotten the care and affection that a fully blow language would get), but PHP is really king of the hill for web work. I think that PHP could be replaced by something just as specific, and without the warts. You could also look into typing and compilation (optional static typing, with implicit declarations where possible?). Now, I don't use PHP, but you have to admit it's useful and productive for a lot of people. If Google can improve it, and I think it can, it would be a boon. That said, every time I try to guess what the implications of Google's next big thing is, I'm completely off track. I think a PHP replacement would be the most useful thing they can do in this space, but they will no doubt have a different plan.