I guess it depends on what the goal is. I personally don't care if anything kills or supplants php. Different people can and should use different tools. When t

I guess it depends on what the goal is. I personally don't care if anything kills or supplants php. Different people can and should use different tools. When trying to answer the question of "what tools should I, as a serious professional who is in this for the long-term, choose to work with right now?" it's really short-sighted to balance everything on how easy it is to get to "Hello World".