I used it at a college internship because it was the only dynamic language we were allowed to use to access an old Oracle database. At the time (almost 20 years

I used it at a college internship because it was the only dynamic language we were allowed to use to access an old Oracle database. At the time (almost 20 years ago), it seemed kind of luxurious compared to PHP. I just looked it up and realized it's still around and still expensive.