"PHP used to be a very dynamic language, but has been moving away from that mindset for a while now." For gods sake, if I want a stricter language, then I will

"PHP used to be a very dynamic language, but has been moving away from that mindset for a while now." For gods sake, if I want a stricter language, then I will use a stricter language. I've used Java for many things, I've used Scala for one large project, and PHP will never be able to compete as a strict language. I don't understand why language maintainers would decide "People love this language, but let's try to transform it into a different language." I've the same criticism of Python, I think it should have continued with the design goals and philosophy of 2.x, I think the attempt to become more object oriented was a mistake, I think 3.x was a mistake. There was a philosophical cleanness in 2.x that is missing in 3.x. Some language communities suffer a crisis of confidence and then they try to become something else, but this is always a mistake. As we saw with the transition from Python 2.x to 3.x, it takes 10 years to transition a language community, and meanwhile a developer can simply learn a new language in 6 to 12 months. That is to say, the developers can adjust much more quickly than the language, so each language should try to stay true to its original vision. Borrowing some good ideas from other communities is fine, so long as a clean implementation can be envisioned. But taking a language that was famous and adored for its sloppiness and dynamicness and then trying to make it strict? This is a bad idea.